How to Use calculated in a Sentence

calculated

adjective
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  • But not all of the calculated excesses rub her the wrong way.
    — Malcolm Harris, The New Republic, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The direction that the book took was not a calculated one.
    — Maris Kreizman, WSJ, 23 Jan. 2020
  • Since his arm would have had to work against gravity, these marks seem slightly slower, less nonchalant, more calculated.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Pursuing the best players in the country at those positions is a calculated risk.
    — Kent Somers, azcentral, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Instead, prosecutors told them Roof was a calculated killer with no signs of mental illness.
    — NBC News, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The judge concluded that this was a calculated attempt to prevent the women from recovering damages in the case.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2020
  • Trump was a calculated risk the party was willing to take, the battering ram that would make their wildest conservative dreams a reality.
    — Tina Vasquez, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2020
  • The Warriors took a calculated risk by trading for forward Andrew Wiggins last week.
    — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Politicians have spoken self-serving nonsense since the beginning of time, but this was different: larger, more calculated.
    — Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Travel will still be a top priority (in fact, 27 percent of people surveyed would rather give up coffee for life than give up traveling), but it will be done in a more calculated, mindful way.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The chance to go ahead rather than tie the game was a risk but a calculated one in McCarthy’s view.
    — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2020
  • The body of the mouse leans to a calculated 57-degree angle, which forces your arm to stay straight.
    — Malia Griggs, SELF, 29 Sep. 2020
  • So maybe the Browns are taking a calculated risk on that.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The calculated ploy sent the now-44-year-old on a journey across college football and the NFL.
    — John Marshall, ajc, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Even Meghan’s choice of wardrobe seemed calculated to telegraph the message of a new start.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2021
  • The other night, on the porch of her house in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, Jessica Haller took a calculated risk.
    — Andy Newman, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2020
  • Was that a calculated decision that now seems to have worked in such a close race?
    — Abc News, ABC News, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The shift in genres wasn’t a calculated move for Lee, or even done out of a sense of restlessness.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2021
  • It’s all about calculated risk and just getting the most out of the weekend as possible, and for us, that needs to be a win.
    — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Paddling a kayak in the ocean is always a calculated risk.
    — David Brown, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2020
  • But the moves DiPoto made were clever and calculated, and improved the offense.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2022
  • This, too, is just out of reach at the moment — as the county’s latest calculated case rate stands at 216.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2022
  • Despite his love of the spotlight, the high priest opted to hang back, a calculated effort to play it cool.
    — Alex Bhattacharji, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2024
  • But her love for the sport was more of a happy accident than a calculated choice.
    — Emma Healy, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Kennedy was a shrewd member of the House and Senate, and his calculated rise to power was both swift and historic....
    — Philip Terzian, WSJ, 20 Sep. 2020
  • Whether you're caught off guard in the city by your feelings or need to release a calculated howl into the void, these are the best places to escape for a sob.
    — Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2022
  • The makeup that Halsey did herself was very calculated and well thought out to create these looks.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Bradley can run and go get it now with the abandonment that always had to be a calculated risk in Boston.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Quinn is platinum blonde and armed with a smirk that would wilt the most calculated Disney villain.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2020
  • The heiress and reality-TV star grinned and threw her arms in the air in a gesture of calculated abandon.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 25 May 2021

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