calculate
verb (used with object)
to determine or ascertain by mathematical methods; compute.
are calculating
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present progressiveof calculate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Experts who are calculating the water demands of the biggest infrastructure buildout in U.S. history say this could lead to regional fights over who gets an increasingly scarce resource.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Some investors are calculating whether this could mean a return to the days of big spending.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2025
"Theorists within the center are calculating things they haven't been able to calculate before, and this overlap between theory and experiment enabled this breakthrough in QSL research."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 17, 2023
“We play this game knowing that we are going to be challenged. They are a really good basketball team. They make you pay. They’re patient. They are calculating and intentional defensively as well as offensively.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
But you must, when you are calculating the odds of the mouses success, factor in his love for the princess.
From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo
