calibrate
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Zhongji Innolight 300308 -13.99%decrease; red down pointing triangle made a lackluster debut after completing Hong Kong’s largest listing since 2019, as investors calibrate their confidence in artificial-intelligence stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
"In Switzerland, we can find engineers to design, work and assemble the machines, but we lack the expertise to test and calibrate them," Bonvin told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 9, 2026
So now we’re able to calibrate between the two eras and mix them, which is exciting.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
"This is our first opportunity in flight to calibrate Psyche's imager with something bigger than a few pixels, and we'll also make observations with the mission's other science instruments."
From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026
It’s true that every writer must calibrate the degree of specialization in her language against her best guess of the audience’s familiarity with the topic.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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The company then calibrates those responses with first-party data, such as historical survey responses and support interactions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
And Edelstein brilliantly calibrates the pacing of the plot to keep the audience hooked from start to finish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2024
He carefully calibrates his criticisms of Mr Putin.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024
A poised and appealing performer, Nagle calibrates the story’s tonal shifts capably, while also capturing Jean’s energy and acing the humor.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 14, 2023
Such a number calibrates crudely what humans know.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Recent attacks also seem calibrated to target the facilities’ most expensive and most difficult-to-replace components, making repairs take even longer, Mitrova said.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
It was a statement perfectly calibrated the next day in newspapers and local news broadcasts.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026
On a formal level, Cusk’s new book, “Life Of M,” closely adheres to the rigorously calibrated approach that has been so successful for her across 11 novels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
But systemic parties such as Yabloko were always cogs in a carefully calibrated machine that could at any point fall apart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
In this agonizing fashion I climbed toward a cluster of tents reputed to be perched somewhere on the sheer face above, progressing in increments calibrated in inches.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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Ms. Musgraves has a limited voice in terms of technical ability, but she’s good at calibrating her phrasing to match a song’s mood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 5, 2026
“We see very high demand for our compute products, we’re working hard to meet demand and we’re constantly calibrating and assessing what it will do to the total available market in the future,” Feng said.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 25, 2026
Delivering 2% inflation, she noted in September, requires “carefully calibrating the stance of policy.”
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2025
So we just kind of jumped in and there wasn’t that calibrating that usually happens at the top.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2024
Warriors were now in place from every world where Lord Asriel’s rebellion had supporters; mechanics and artificers were fueling aircraft, loading weapons, and calibrating sights and measures.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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