- present participle of calculate.
calculating
Example Sentences
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One of Wall Street’s most foundational modern beliefs is that the stock market is a cold, calculating machine that assigns values to individual securities with a high degree of precision.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
“However you can get out of LAX the fastest and the cheapest is how everybody’s calculating in my circle of bartenders and magicians” said Joshua Lucas, a passenger who was recently arriving at LAX.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 24, 2026
By calculating similarity matrices for these elements across chromosomes and examining how they cluster at different similarity thresholds, the researchers generated what they call a "serial similarity matrix."
From Science Daily • Jun. 19, 2026
She added that perpetrators of sextortion were often patient and calculating, building "that connection".
From BBC • Jun. 15, 2026
She gave Fadi a calculating look that made him a little nervous.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
Vocabulary lists containing calculating
The House of the Scorpion
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Novel Study: Of Mice and Men, Chapters 1–3
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Mississippi Trial, 1955
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