calibrate
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To evaluate and calibrate the imager, researchers are comparing Psyche's flyby observations with data collected by other spacecraft and rovers at Mars.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
I used the mobile app to calibrate the power—25% on Eco mode was just right to start.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 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
But a “structurally weaker OPEC, with less spare capacity concentrated within the group, will find it increasingly difficult to calibrate supply and stabilize prices.”
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 28, 2026
Very little effort was made to calibrate the experiments with plausible inorganic Martian surface materials.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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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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Much may depend on whether Tehran is able to maintain calibrated actions without triggering a response that fundamentally changes the political and military calculations of the United States.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
It has presumably been engineered by a team, calibrated for refrigeration and focus-grouped into broad acceptability, yet it feels made by no one.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Even though Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustments are meant to protect purchasing power, “they’re calibrated to the wrong basket of goods for older Americans,” said Ronnie Cox, investment director at Human Interest, a financial advisory service.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
When Mao Zedong visited Moscow in 1950 to forge the Sino-Soviet alliance, Soviet propaganda posters depicted Stalin as slightly taller than Mao—a carefully calibrated signal of who was the elder brother.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The dates that I report in this book for events within the last 15,000 years are calibrated dates.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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“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
By uncovering these previously hidden dynamics, the findings reshape how scientists think about testing and calibrating superconducting quantum processors.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2026
This talent for precisely calibrating the elements that convey status and fashionability is probably possible only in someone with intimate knowledge of social insecurity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
He said the technology would help with error correction while calibrating which AI algorithms should be used on GPUs and quantum processors.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 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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