How to Use calculate in a Sentence

calculate

verb
Definition of calculatenext
Synonyms for calculatenext
  • We calculated the cost of new carpeting for the whole house.
  • I need to calculate how long it will take me to drive to Chicago.
  • We need to calculate our chances of success before we invest more money in the business.
  • The ministry uses the Urals price to calculate its tax take from oil exports.
    — Stanley Reed, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Chen can use a merger’s gravitational wave signal to calculate the distance from Earth to those neutron stars.
    — WIRED, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The results are calculated based on the total number of ballots cast, not those voting on the question, meaning those who leave it blank effectively count as a no.
    — Torey Van Oot, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
  • When a station detects an earthquake, computers can calculate station data and predict within five seconds where the shaking will go.
    — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Standard deduction and itemized deduction are the two different methods to calculate tax deductions.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, The Courier-Journal, 10 Feb. 2023
  • To learn how to calculate whether a live show will be in profit or be a loss.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 July 2023
  • The reward will be calculated based on the amount of gold found and its value, Oehrl said.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
  • To calculate watt hours, multiply the volts (V) by the ampere hours (Ah).
    — Jill Schildhouse, Travel + Leisure, 22 Feb. 2023
  • And the state has a say in how those three-year update numbers get calculated.
    — Anna Staver, The Enquirer, 24 May 2023
  • As for how your moon sign is calculated, Edut explains that your moon sign is a result of where the moon was in the sky when you were born.
    — Madison Feller, ELLE, 28 Apr. 2023
  • It was calculated at 467 feet, tied for the fifth longest homer in the majors this season.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 15 June 2024
  • Here's a breakdown to understand the records and how they're calculated and set.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 9 July 2023
  • Every move and hit has to be calculated to give the team an advantage.
    — Chelsea Hylton, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
  • To calculate this, the researchers analyzed state-by-state data on live births and deaths.
    — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 July 2023
  • The philosopher typed in a program to calculate the 83rd number in the Fibonacci sequence.
    — George Musser, Scientific American, 11 May 2023
  • Thankfully, your sun sign should be easy to calculate: just take a look at the dates for each sun sign, and figure out where your birthday falls.
    — Madison Feller, ELLE, 30 June 2023
  • Import recipes from other websites, and the app will calculate the calories.
    — Good Housekeeping, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The way that works is the lender calculates interest based on the amount of your loan balance on the due date for a particular payment.
    — Jim Slavik, Car and Driver, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The effect of any of these factors, much less the interplay between them, within any unique body and mind is hard to calculate.
    — Mark Hay, Men's Health, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The total weight of all donations will be calculated at the end of the fair, with first, second, third place and cash prizes awarded to the fairs that collect the most food at the end of the summer.
    — Staff Report, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • This Barbie will ask you when and where you were born and calculate your astrological Big Three on the first date.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 5 Apr. 2023
  • True costs are impossible to calculate, even beyond the 2,000 or more who have died.
    — John Branch Jim Wilson, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023
  • There had been 15 million downloads in total for the Android apps, the researchers calculate.
    — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Then, a weighted average was calculated to find an overall score to rank the cities.
    — Ellie Willard, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2023
  • The school has a web site with more information on the plan, where taxpayers can calculate the increase in taxes on their homes.
    — Greg Garrison | , al, 5 May 2023
  • Parsons said that’s because of the way the Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates rent.
    — Marley Jay, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2023
  • That’s different from viewership information Disney+ periodically releases for popular shows and movies, calculated based on total subscriber stream time divided by runtime.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024

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