calibrate
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These approaches could help calibrate systems more responsibly by testing how often an algorithm wrongly flags people or locations.
From Salon ● May 12, 2026
The flyby also provides an important chance to test and calibrate the spacecraft's science instruments before it reaches the asteroid in 2029.
From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026
There are these sea change moments for young bands that don’t know how to respond or calibrate to them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2026
Georgieva said the Fund was already in talks with Sri Lanka on how to "calibrate" an existing program to meet the country's needs.
From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 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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Analysts say Beijing calibrates the seniority of its top delegate according to prevailing geopolitical factors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 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
Jordan calibrates the competing emotions with direct, unfussy skill, allowing “Creed III” to unfold in ways that don’t necessarily break the mold but prove enormously satisfying nonetheless.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2023
Such a number calibrates crudely what humans know.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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It’s an audacious wager calibrated to the ambitions of our age and attuned to the capital behind it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Although it was better to have purchased too much PPE in a pandemic than too little, it would "clearly have been better if supply had been calibrated more closely with demand", the report concluded.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
These specially designed spherical particles are calibrated by size and dissolve within hours after being delivered.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026
Roth-conversion strategy has to be calibrated against the children’s expected future tax brackets, not the parents’ current ones, because the children are the ones who will ultimately empty the account.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
I paused a second, trying to figure out if my response should be calibrated to please Augustus or his parents.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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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
Ed Yardeni, founder and president of Yardeni Research, suggested the readings indicate how investors are calibrating the economic impact of the Persian Gulf conflict.
From Barron's ● Mar. 13, 2026
By refining global biostratigraphic frameworks and calibrating species' evolutionary timelines, INA researchers transform fossils of coccolithophores into precise tools for reconstructing ancient oceans, linking modern plankton ecology with the geological record of climate change.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2025
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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