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• v  make a mathematical calculation or computation
• v  judge to be probable
• v  keep an account of
• v  predict in advance
• v  specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
• v  have faith or confidence in
• s  carefully thought out in advance
  a calculated insult

• Fooling around with the arithmetic of propulsion, he calculated the energy-to-weight ratio of various fuels.
• One academic economist has calculated that excluding retirees from the figures would add about 4 percentage points to the saving rate.
• From the opening kickoff, Michigan's Wolverines took a calculated risk.

• calculate
• cipher
• cypher
• compute
• work out
• reckon
• figure
• estimate
• count on
• forecast
• account
• aim
• direct
• count
• bet
• depend
• look
• deliberate
• measured

News & Articles

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• Filing: Gov doesn't want challenge to surveillance
  CHICAGO (AP) — Lawyers for a U.S. citizen charged with terrorism in Chicago said Friday in a filing that the government is purposely dodging questions about whether it used expanded secret surveillance programs against their client in a calculated bid to ensure the hotly debated practices can't be challenged in the Supreme Court.
  June 21, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
• In Memoriam: W. A. "Bill" Krause, 1935-2013
  WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Working hard, taking calculated risks and focusing on the future were three attributes that contributed greatly to W.A. “Bill” Krause's success.
  June 20, 2013 - Convenience Store News
• How the Dow's Price-Weighted Scoring Played Out Today
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average scores are calculated based on share prices, not percentage moves or market caps. Here's how this choice played out on Thursday.        
  June 20, 2013 - The Motley Fool

Quotes

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• Roger Goodell in Boston Globe
  This episode represents a calculated and deliberate attempt to avoid longstanding rules designed to encourage fair play and promote honest competition on the playing field,Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote in a letter to the Patriots.
• Barack Obama in CNN
  INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana (AP) -- Broadening his attack, Sen. Barack Obama said Saturday that Sen. Hillary Clinton's support for a summertime break from the federal gasoline tax symbolizes a candidacy consisting of "phony ideas, calculated to win...