calibrate
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"We're going to find scary vulnerabilities with the amazing capabilities that OpenAI and Anthropic are bringing online, but we need to calibrate the messaging," posted Mark Maunder, founder of Wordfence - a Wordpress security tool.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
Autonomous trucks can reduce fuel consumption by 10% because they can calibrate speeds and optimize acceleration, braking and coasting with more precision, the companies say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026
"Juice's journey to Jupiter provides only a few opportunities to calibrate and validate the instruments under well-understood environmental conditions," explains Juice project scientist Claire Vallat, who led the effort.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
It’s a decidedly unique production, as the 74-minute opera requires that performers and musicians calibrate the score and vocals to preexisting work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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 NFL calibrates its schedule-making based on the previous season’s performance, which turned the Patriots’ four-win 2024 campaign into a weak calendar for 2025.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 26, 2026
He carefully calibrates his criticisms of Mr Putin.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024
He’s more than capable and I just think once he calibrates his mind to have that focus, he’ll do it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2023
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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“He’s a guy who knows how to win a purple district,” Germana had told me, and he’s calibrated his public persona and strategy around that.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2026
Even the most abrasive moments are calibrated to present Lisa in a good light - but the director credits the star with ensuring the film was not a mere puff piece.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Islamabad confirmed "planned and calibrated" strikes in Afghanistan, without detailing locations, which it said targeted militants.
From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026
Any substance on the table is calibrated to be modest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
In this agonizing fashion I climbed toward a cluster of tents reputed to be perched somewhere on the sheer face above, progressing in increments calibrated in inches.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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A close relationship between these rates is critical to calibrating monetary policy because few transactions that matter for key macro variables like gross domestic product, employment and inflation depend on the overnight interest rate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026
Anche's team is examining the structure of extrasolar systems, while Hom is leading efforts to identify the best stars for calibrating the Coronagraph Instrument.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 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
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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