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calculated

[ kal-kyuh-ley-tid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

arrived at or determined by mathematical calculation; ascertained mathematically.
carefully thought out or planned:
a calculated effort.

calculated

/ ˈkælkjʊˌleɪtɪd /

undertaken after considering the likelihood of success or failure
a calculated risk
deliberately planned; premeditated
a calculated insult

First recorded in 1715–25; calculate + -ed ²

Even though it was a school day—about fifth period, I calculated—the arcade was filled with seventh graders.

Maybe Americans are willing to look at someone who does something different from the calculated.

The Economist has calculated that it spends $170 billion annually in the United States alone.

Taylor Swift just used a calculated business decision, cloaked in artistic integrity, to pave the way for a digital music war.

Business Insider calculated that only about eight percent of the money spent on pink merchandise went to breast cancer charities.

Men's probable actions are calculated by the law of reason; but their performance is usually the result of caprice.

So far from this, his ready mind already calculated how she might be a gainer by the arrangement.

In short, the news was exactly of that checkered order which was calculated to put us all in the highest spirits.

The thrust was nervous and ill-calculated, and the next instant the skiff had blundered under the bows of the launch.

Although the gratuity has been frequently calculated in anticipation, you fail in making the mutual reminiscences agreeable.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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