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calibrate

[kal-uh-breyt] / ˈkæl əˌbreɪt /


VERB
fine-tune
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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

"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

And unlike images—which can be distilled into objective gradations of red, green and blue light—smell is highly subjective, making it tough to standardize and calibrate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 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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