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calibrate

[kal-uh-breyt] / ˈkæl əˌbreɪt /


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fine-tune
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But it has refrained from fresh attacks on Israeli or Saudi targets, as Tehran seems to calibrate its policy in the region.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 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

"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

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

Very little effort was made to calibrate the experiments with plausible inorganic Martian surface materials.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The unemployment rate will be a key pivot for the European Central Bank as it calibrates its policy response in the coming months, Claus Vistesen, chief eurozone economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics, said in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 1, 2026

The cartoon well calibrates its PG thrills to give kids a mild case of the shivers.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2025

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

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

It’s a great aperitif cocktail with effervescence and a calibrated bitter finish that will ring familiar to fans of traditional Negronis.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 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

But everything—the temperature in the labs, the humidity, even the lighting—was carefully calibrated and controlled.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry

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

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

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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