Example Sentences

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I have computed Gini coefficients to show that the story of East Side is about accumulation in white neighborhoods, not just about deficit in Black neighborhoods.

From Slate • May 19, 2022

The exact value of π=3.14159… has fascinated people since ancient times, and mathematicians have computed trillions of digits.

From Slate • Mar. 14, 2017

Most of us have computed volumes of solids by using basic geometric formulas.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Mayweather might not be able to read that well but he will have computed every tic and twitch of the Argentinian’s boxing, which is not subtle to start with.

From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2014

They have computed the price you may securely take or give for a place, or what part of the salary you ought to reserve.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer by Swift, Jonathan