How to Use calculate in a Sentence

calculate

verb
  • We calculated the cost of new carpeting for the whole house.
  • I need to calculate how long it will take me to drive to Chicago.
  • We need to calculate our chances of success before we invest more money in the business.
  • How do the feds calculate crime rates?
    — Caitlin McGlade, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026
  • But when was the last time it was calculated?
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Fares are calculated by zone and time of day.
    — Susanne Fowler, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
  • To learn how to calculate whether a live show will be in profit or be a loss.
    — Katie Bain, Billboard, 6 July 2023
  • Here’s a way to think about calculating the right amount of spreads to hedge.
    — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The ratio of income to rent is a place to start to calculate that.
    — Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The scale and the cost of these years of oppression is hard to calculate.
    — Joanna Scutts, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Finding one’s worth is not a metric—there is no way to calculate that.
    — Thomas Vozzo, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2022
  • One involves calculating what costs have been passed along and to whom.
    — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Deever struggles to calculate how much time was spent on this year's event.
    — Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Again, the new rules do not change what counts as income or how tax is calculated.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • But the time elapsed between the two events was much too short for Galileo to calculate.
    — Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • First, calculate the weight of your kayak and gear and compare it to the weight limit of the roof rack.
    — Field & Stream Commerce Team, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Drivers and crews will have to be very calculated.
    — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2026
  • Just be sure to calculate your returns in advance.
    — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 9 June 2026
  • And the state has a say in how those three-year update numbers get calculated.
    — Anna Staver, The Enquirer, 24 May 2023
  • How to calculate cost per wear The formula takes one line of math.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
  • The final price is not calculated per graft.
    — Karen “kh” Koehler february 4, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2026
  • My mind was quiet while my brain calculated.
    — Emily Meg Weinstein september 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • All net worths were calculated as of March 1.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2026
  • How did April 5 get calculated for this year?
    — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Who can begin to calculate how many millions would be involved in that?
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Trapview’s app is also able to calculate where and when best to use pesticides.
    — Tom Page, CNN, 24 Nov. 2022
  • That’s because of how the gain is calculated.
    — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The brain must calculate angles in split seconds.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 20 May 2026
  • The new tool can calculate each person’s share of a bill, including item costs, tax and tip.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 2 June 2026
  • To help calculate a lower bound, Erdős assumed that the points would be laid out in a grid.
    — ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026

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