Example Sentences

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The new measurement matched exactly what the physicists had computed two years prior — now with twice the precision.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2023

Messi was running for the corner before the ball hit the net, before the crowd had computed the physics, before it was possible, really, to understand that he had done it.

From New York Times • Sep. 28, 2021

Wages were cut by half, and a man took what he was given; the company would not even explain how it had computed the sum in his pay packet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Maybe so, said Burleson, but he had computed that new programs urged by the Administration would cost $17 billion over five years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jesse had computed how many paychecks they would get—two for him and four for Eric—if they waited a month before leaving.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz