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"figuring" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often computation (11 letters).
Definitions
problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
Used in a sentence
“Alternative figurings may be available for interpreting the everyday, and alternative ways of figuring systems of privilege may be developed in contestations over social arrangements.”
“By my figuring, he couldn't have been much over forty, but sagging, bleached-out skin and a gray to balding head made him look sixty.”
“We must remember, however, that all these figurings are written with reference to the tonic signature.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Working out mentally”8 letters
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