as in calculation
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
he wasn't very good at ciphering, but he had excellent language skills
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as in calculating
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
were surprised by how much we had spent on the cruise after we had ciphered out the grand total
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Noun
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As wages tend to rise over time, each new group of retirees raises the average benefit amount, since their benefit calculations typically reflect higher earnings.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025 -
In its most recent calculation for costs, the Congressional Budget Office said the legislation will add some $3.3 trillion to deficits over the next decade.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
4 July 2025
Verb
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The remark was made by the calculating corporate climber Tom Wambsgans, on spotting a large Burberry handbag worn by a woman outside of the Roy family’s inner circle.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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In high-stress emergencies, calculating the correct dose to withdraw from a vial takes time and increases the risk of error.—
Arthur L. Kellermann,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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By placing teachers at the center of innovation, the AFT and its partners aim to ensure that the next generation of students learns not just reading, writing, and arithmetic, but also how to use artificial intelligence wisely and with purpose.—
Dan Fitzpatrick,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The curriculum included arithmetic, reading, writing, history and geography, along with civics, politics, home economics and vocational training.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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That’s the math that should drive every marketing decision.—
Michael Fox,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Here’s why: By the simplest math Miami gives up two starters and gets one, a lopsidedness that the Fins’ slight edge in the picks swap does not make up for.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
Verb
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The proliferation of mobile banking and the need for real-time transaction processing has pushed computing to the edge.—
Ramasankar Molleti,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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The actors' strike also posed the same problem for OD, Kojima's second game in development, powered by cloud computing technology from Microsoft's Xbox division.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Surprising new work bucks 50 years of assumptions about the trade-offs between computation space and time Once upon a time computers filled entire rooms, reading numbers from spinning tapes and churning them through wires to do chains of basic arithmetic.—
Max Springer,
Scientific American,
27 June 2025
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What remains immutable is the physics of computation itself: the energy required to power these systems.—
Aya Saed,
Time,
17 June 2025
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“Ciphering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://x0upouf933.proxynodejs.usequeue.com/thesaurus/ciphering. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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