Example Sentences

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Michael Cochran is calculating and tacking on additional per-box fuel costs to the Florida lemons he sells to local retailers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

If this one lasts longer than the administration is calculating, he says consumer confidence could drag, businesses could pause investment plans, and overall uncertainty could linger.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Matt Damon captures Tom Ripley’s “flagrant casualness” best; he always seems to be in the right place or say the right thing, and it appears effortless but surely, he is calculating.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2024

In short, an industry whose business model is calculating risk based on what happened in the past is increasingly unable to do so.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 19, 2023

Zotique pretends to play,—but he is calculating the seconds.

From The Young Seigneur Or, Nation-Making by Lighthall, W. D. (William Douw)