calculate
verb (used with object)
to determine or ascertain by mathematical methods; compute.
were calculating
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past progressiveof calculate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Jeremy Miles said the exact number of schools "isn't clear" but head teachers were calculating provision based on numbers of union members in schools.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2023
In the mainstream of particle physics, theorists and experimentalists were calculating and confirming multiple results that established the standard model as, at the very least, a remarkably precise ‘effective theory’.
From Nature ● Apr. 15, 2019
We’ve all had run-ins with smarmy strangers bearing business cards who’ve made it far too obvious that they viewed us through a utilitarian lens and were calculating how we might be able to help them.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2018
O'Cleireachain said store employees were calculating sale proceeds on Saturday, and final figures were not yet available.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2013
They had been out of power for a long time and were calculating that their way back to power might, with some risks taken, lie on the road I pointed out.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
