How to Use caliber in a Sentence
caliber
noun
- I was impressed by the high caliber of the team's work.
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The gauge of a shotgun goes down as the caliber goes up.
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David Hambling,
Popular Mechanics,
9 Dec. 2022
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How about the caliber of the quarterbacks, and teams in the AFC?
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Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
2 May 2024
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The gun was the same brand, color and caliber of the gun used in the shooting.
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Taylor Hartz,
Hartford Courant,
22 Aug. 2022
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Can the Bears add a high-caliber wide receiver in the draft?
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Brad Biggs,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Dec. 2022
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There wasn’t a free agent pickup of his caliber on the line.
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David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
16 July 2024
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The who’s-who caliber of this cast is not lost on Booster.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 June 2022
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But even a player of his caliber needs some help from time to time.
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Connor Letourneau,
San Francisco Chronicle,
12 May 2023
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These days, prospects of his caliber tend to get restless.
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Mike Finger,
San Antonio Express-News,
21 Dec. 2022
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But, as Counsell noted, none of them are of the caliber of Woodruff.
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Todd Rosiak,
Journal Sentinel,
15 Apr. 2023
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The roster, once top-notch, is now hardly the same caliber as decades past.
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Hannah Wiley,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Nov. 2023
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So what does a truth-telling comic of his caliber do next?
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Miriam Katz,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2024
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Cameron confirms that both elk had been shot in the head with the .40 caliber handgun at close range.
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Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
10 Apr. 2024
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And those will turn into wins against those sorts of teams, those high-caliber teams.
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Dave Birkett,
Detroit Free Press,
25 Nov. 2022
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But Bozeman said playing a high-caliber team like the Longhorns taught the Lions a few lessons.
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Suzi Parker,
Arkansas Online,
18 Dec. 2022
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There are some stars in this year’s game, but what bothers me most isn’t the caliber of athlete.
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Nick Canepacolumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 July 2022
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Meanwhile, powering the watch is a new caliber, the HMC 500.
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Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
20 Nov. 2023
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This is even amazing, the people, the caliber of people.
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Scientific American Custom Media,
Scientific American,
19 Aug. 2022
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Of course, this caliber of bag usually comes with a steep price tag to match.
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Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
31 Dec. 2023
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Equipped with the in-house caliber 854, the nifty piece also displays a second time zone.
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Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
16 Sep. 2024
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The chance to see two actors of this caliber at the top of their game will, rightly, sell tickets and win hearts.
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David Benedict,
Variety,
12 Apr. 2024
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Jim Axelrod: The .40 caliber gun that killed Ted was Ted's.
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Jim Axelrod,
CBS News,
13 Jan. 2024
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After the call, Haynes and Briscoe met with the inmate’s brother, who gave Haynes a .45 caliber firearm.
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Ngan Ho,
Baltimore Sun,
10 June 2022
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The Merkava, the Namer and the Puma all have 7.62 caliber machine guns, Butterworth said.
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Cate Brown,
Washington Post,
16 Apr. 2024
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So this is the sort of caliber of pseudoscience, and this is really echoed down through the years.
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IEEE Spectrum,
23 May 2023
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Ortiz and Rosado were both shot once in the head with a .45 caliber handgun.
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David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
7 May 2024
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The pitch to Tate and any other receiver of his caliber was simple: Come be the next in line.
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Stephen Means,
cleveland,
20 June 2022
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That's just not going to fly against the caliber of offenses found in Big 12 play.
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Paul Myerberg,
USA TODAY,
3 Sep. 2023
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The town itself is a fitting spot for a museum of this caliber.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
16 Oct. 2024
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He was found with a bullet in his jacket pocket similar in caliber to the one Lois was shot with and had gunpowder on his hands, prosecutors said.
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Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Oct. 2024
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