as in to measure
to determine the correct value of (something)
The age of the tree was calibrated from the carbon dating data.
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Recent Examples of calibrate
Within the existing parking garage, the airport has installed and is calibrating a parking guidance system that directs drivers to available spaces using digital arrows mounted on the ceiling.
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Sacbee.com,
22 June 2026
Investors who treat this as a passing diet fad are calibrating to a baseline that no longer exists.
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Tenzin Seldon,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
Goodman’s prose is clear rather than complex, and carefully calibrated to each of her characters; the book’s form corrals the natural speed of her sentences into act-length shapes that one moves around in one’s head like puzzle pieces.
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Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
But there is not much history to calibrate any team’s finish to its chances of earning a berth.
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Emily Giambalvo,
New York Times,
18 June 2026
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Sacbee.com,
22 June 2026
Investors who treat this as a passing diet fad are calibrating to a baseline that no longer exists.
—
Tenzin Seldon,
Fortune,
21 June 2026
Goodman’s prose is clear rather than complex, and carefully calibrated to each of her characters; the book’s form corrals the natural speed of her sentences into act-length shapes that one moves around in one’s head like puzzle pieces.
—
Literary Hub,
18 June 2026
But there is not much history to calibrate any team’s finish to its chances of earning a berth.
—
Emily Giambalvo,
New York Times,
18 June 2026
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MoneyLion ranked the nation's 50 most affluent suburbs by household income, as measured in the 2024 American Community Survey.
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Researchers also measured static electric fields by observing how stray fields displaced the ion from its resting position.
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Anyone who has spent a career in and around tech will be aware of Moore's Law—the phenomenon observed by Gordon Moore in the 1960s that, as computing power increases, its cost decreases.
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To be sure, questions remain about Meta’s plan to sell access to computing power.
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The constellation would also brighten the night sky by up to 300 percent, Hanuit calculated.
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The parents allege that UC Davis included what was meant only to be an expense offset for the in-kind donations of horses in calculating the total cost of the equestrian program.
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“Calibrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calibrate. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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