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as in shrewd

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as in cunning

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verb

present participle of calculate
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as in figuring
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 estimating
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 planning
to work out the details of (something) in advance calculated the best route to take to the coast

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as in intending
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 relying
to place reliance or trust we know we can calculate on you following through, whatever the assignment

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Recent Examples of calculating
Adjective
Even Alex becomes too entangled in her students’ dealings and ends up suffering at the hands of one of the more calculating boys. — Rebekah Frumkin, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2019 And experts believe that his intuitive style could throw the more calculating Caruana, who has faced time crunches already in this championship, off-balance. — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 27 Nov. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculating
  1. shrewd
  2. cunning
  3. estimating
  4. planning
  5. intending
  6. relying
  7. cagey
  8. computing
Adjective
  • These people painted a picture of a shrewd capitalist, making practical calculations to protect his businesses.
    — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Their shrewd negotiators would undoubtedly invoke American precedent to subdivide their political entities.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Definition of shrewd
Adjective
  • Gilded by privilege and cunning, Glinda (Ariana Grande) is a popular young woman who desires to wield magic.
    — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Michael Douglas — Wall Street (1987) Gordon Gekko is a cunning and unscrupulous corporate predator who crystallized the Reagan-era ethos into three words.
    — EW.com, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
Definition of cunning
Verb
  • You’d be forgiven for estimating that about half of those have come in games against Philadelphia.
    — Kevin Kurz, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • So if, as articles like this one suggest, Nvidia wants to start selling web services and software subscriptions to businesses,leaders are estimating that the company can make $150 billion a year!
    — John Werner, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of estimating
Verb
  • Beyoncé is set to perform at halftime of the Ravens-Texans game and NFL MVP contender Lamar Jackson is already planning on being on the field for that.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Netflix is planning on giving plenty of gifts to its viewers on Christmas Day – as long as everything goes to plan.
    — Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of planning
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  • Networking is specifically about connecting with people in the same line of work—or inside and outside your industry—intending to build lasting relationships.
    — Sanjay Sehgal, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Last summer, Taiwanese officials from the National Development Council announced the visa intending to attract and retain foreign digital professionals to boost Taiwan's tourism and economy, according to the local media outlet Taipei Times.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of intending
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  • Use curiosity to guide problem-solving instead of relying on control.
    — Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Heightened by the absence of Klay Thompson’s floor-spacing, Curry has been facing kitchen-sink defenses and relying on role players to relieve the building pressure.
    — Marcus Thompson II, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
Definition of relying
Adjective
  • So Far Gone, one of that decade’s high watermarks of blog-era taste and jocking-for-beats curation, ramped up the transformation, getting cagier about the oversharing and locating a vulnerability that didn’t scan as corny.
    — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The second half was a much cagier affair, with the best chance falling to Pulisic in the 68th minute, only for his low effort to be parried away by Brazil’s goalkeeper Allison.
    — Ben Morse, CNN, 13 June 2024
Definition of cagey
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of computing

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