as in to measure
to determine the correct value of (something)
The age of the tree was calibrated from the carbon dating data.
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Recent Examples of calibrate
The actual show, then, is a surprise: a gentle, subtle experience that calibrates our ears to shifts in pedagogy and understanding.
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
His team would also be better calibrated to keep him coloring in the lines.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
The lengthy orbital period will enable mission operators to conduct regular health checks, calibrate the propulsion system for critical maneuvers and begin payload science operations, according to Firefly.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
The main hope is Apple’s slower approach will mean users won’t need to regularly calibrate readings with a more conventional blood pressure cuff.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2025
His team would also be better calibrated to keep him coloring in the lines.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 22 Jan. 2025
The lengthy orbital period will enable mission operators to conduct regular health checks, calibrate the propulsion system for critical maneuvers and begin payload science operations, according to Firefly.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
The main hope is Apple’s slower approach will mean users won’t need to regularly calibrate readings with a more conventional blood pressure cuff.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calibrate
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The Xfinity Series raced at this venue from 2005 to 2008, though on a different eight-turn course that measured 2.518 miles.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
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Ship capacity transiting through the Panama Canal was 10 percent lower between September 2024 and January 2025 than the 2019-22 average, measured in deadweight tonnage, according to the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO).—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
8 Feb. 2025
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Last month, the president also announced a new $100 billion A.I. initiative between OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank to create computing infrastructure in the United States to power artificial intelligence.—
Kate Conger,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2025
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The cloud computing subsidiary of Alibaba Group also found its Qwen2.5-Max showed comparable performance to OpenAI’s GPT-4 and Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet — both closed-source models.—
Britney Nguyen,
Quartz,
29 Jan. 2025
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For instance, the agency oversees the Traffic Flow Management System, which calculates the overall demand for airspace in U.S. airports and which airlines depend on.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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The unemployment rate, which is calculated from a separate survey, fell from 4.1% to 4%, an eight-month low, the Labor Department said Friday.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Calibrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calibrate. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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