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
Breaking silos is just the beginning as companies also need to master the art of calibrating their expectations by shifting their focus from merely achieving operational efficiency to unlocking AI’s full potential to drive innovation and growth.
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Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The Agent Studio offerings are calibrated for candidate sourcing, assessment and scheduling across industries such as health care, financial services, manufacturing and retail and for other HR strategy goals such as coaching and team management or onboarding.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Another significant step in adding a layer of reality to the Creepers was calibrating their weight.
—Abigail Lee, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
By showing a willingness to risk the lives of former officials, the president is encouraging those who are currently serving to calibrate their actions to avoid similar circumstances.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2025
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Alexander Puutio, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
The Agent Studio offerings are calibrated for candidate sourcing, assessment and scheduling across industries such as health care, financial services, manufacturing and retail and for other HR strategy goals such as coaching and team management or onboarding.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
Another significant step in adding a layer of reality to the Creepers was calibrating their weight.
—Abigail Lee, Variety, 17 Mar. 2025
By showing a willingness to risk the lives of former officials, the president is encouraging those who are currently serving to calibrate their actions to avoid similar circumstances.
—Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calibrate
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The Dodgers’ roster continues to be a stress test and a measuring stick.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Even so, those figures represent a sharp recovery from early January, when statewide snowpack measured just 2.7 inches — only 10% of the April 1 average and 28% of normal for that date.—
Lia Russell,
Sacbee.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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But their work didn’t rule out the possibility of bizarre algorithms that could somehow use the same piece of memory for storage and calculations simultaneously—the computing equivalent of using a page filled with important notes as scratch paper.—
Ben Brubaker,
Wired News,
30 Mar. 2025
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Put simply, this is a mathematical function that is easy to compute moving forward in time, but extremely difficult to compute in the opposite direction.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
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The reciprocal rates, which aren’t exactly reciprocal, were calculated by dividing a country’s trade deficit with the US by its exports to the country and multiplying by 1/2.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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Opta’s Premier League Predictor, which projects the final standings by simulating the remaining games thousands of times to calculate an average outcome, gives Brighton a 17.3 per cent chance of finishing seventh or higher.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Calibrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calibrate. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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