Example Sentences

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An exchange-traded fund will calculate its NAV every day the same way.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

The BLS will update retained earnings every six months using half-year data and will calculate a two-year moving average to smooth the changes in retained earnings.

From Reuters • Nov. 14, 2023

When everyone has finished selecting their items, the app will calculate what each person owes after tax and tip.

From The Verge • Jul. 31, 2022

And carbon-heavy industries are paying attention to how Europe will calculate the carbon emissions embedded in goods that come across its borders, since those methodologies will likely be applied to future imports.

From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2022

From 50 to 80 nuts are the annual crop of a tree; but I will calculate at the lowest rate.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.