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calibrate

[kal-uh-brayt] / ˈkæl əˌbreɪt /


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fine-tune
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“For advisers, the goal is to help calibrate a client’s confidence so that they’re more intentional, to establish clarity and understanding of taking this level of risk and why they’re doing it.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

Warsh said this “new chapter” in Fed communications will leave markets on their own, and allow the central bank to calibrate information to deliver price stability.

From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 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

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

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

China calibrates its cooperation on counternarcotics in response to the overall U.S. relationship, said Vanda Felbab-Brown, a counternarcotics expert at the Brookings Institution.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

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

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

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

These outcomes weren’t predetermined but calibrated to evidence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

The inquiry said that, 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".

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

Their food delivery was calibrated to their size.

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

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 uncovering these previously hidden dynamics, the findings reshape how scientists think about testing and calibrating superconducting quantum processors.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2026

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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