as in considered
decided on as a result of careful thought
took a calculated risk and got in on the ground floor of the new enterprise
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as in computed
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
the family has been calculating what a week at the beach resort would end up costing
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as in estimated
to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement
I calculate that this job will take another two days to finish
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as in planned
to work out the details of (something) in advance
calculated the best route to take to the coast
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as in intended
to have in mind as a purpose or goal
I calculate to run a marathon from start to finish—even if it kills me
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as in relied
to place reliance or trust
we know we can calculate on you following through, whatever the assignment
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Recent Examples of calculated
Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Dec. 2025
This is not a calculated pivot toward higher productivity.
—Katica Roy, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
They were calculated efforts to deny the regime legitimacy, money, and time.
—Duncan S. Demarsh, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2026
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The film focuses on their heated debate, as some wish to fight their oppressors while others argue for a calculated escape.
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The spokesperson said information about how utilities are calculated is provided to residents.
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Credit scores typically range from 300 to 850, with scores of around 670 and higher considered good.—
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Still, others are happiest at a considered farm stay or upstate hideaway, where the pleasure lies in quiet mornings and befriending animals on the farm.—
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Today, pi has been computed to over 200 trillion digits, using algorithms whose foundations trace back to Ramanujan’s ideas.—
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The simulation hypothesis does not have to mean that people in the simulation are only soulless, computed AI inside someone else’s creation.—
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Good’s parents, Tim and Donna Ganger, who neighbors estimated came to live in town about five years ago, were either not home or did not answer their door on Thursday.—
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It is estimated that there are 500,000 detectable earthquakes in the world each year.—
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While the temporary jail facility will not be subject to the city ordinance requiring the standard, the permanent facility that is also planned will be.—
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The company has previously stated that its first production vehicle is planned for market entry in 2027.—
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The measures, which had been agreed to in writing in mid-November 2023, were intended to address Lively’s concerns about on-set conduct and safety.—
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But ever since, they’ve been shut out, no pun intended.—
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To help fill the gap, the research team relied on data from 27,670 adults in Sweden recruited to provide dietary data between 1991 and 1996.—
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Their analyses relied on rigid formulas that ignore the dynamics of companies driven by invention, rapid scaling, and exponential growth.—
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Since the boycott, PEN has donated to Palestinian aid organizations, highlighted writers and journalists who have been targeted and killed by Israel, and released a report on the deliberate destruction of Palestinian cultural heritage.—
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Many of these cases were traced back to individuals who would not have passed a more deliberate vetting process.—
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But after finishing first in the Smythe Division for six straight seasons from 1981-82 until 1986-87, the Oilers apparently figured that was enough.—
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Then came salt coffee, when a small coffee shop owner in Huế figured that salt and coffee might make for interesting bedfellows.—
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“Calculated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculated. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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