Calculating
Calculating adjective - Acting in a selfish scheming way.
Thinking and calculating are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thinking" instead an adjective "Calculating".
Thinking
Thinking adjective - Having the ability to reason.
Calculating and thinking are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Calculating" instead an adjective "Thinking".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Ymir is incredibly callous and calculating, thinking only of herself and the girl she loves, Krista.
Source: Teens Are Monsters -
In essence, billions upon billions of humans doing what we do—thinking, imagining, calculating—is very bad for reality.
Source: Literature / The Laundry Series -
The ensuing argument tips them off that they were all thinking slightly less rationally than usual, by Houston alerting them to their high carbon dioxide levels, and Haise's math error in calculating CO2 ratios around two people's breathing, not three.
Source: Film / Apollo 13
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