calibrated

past tense of calibrate

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Recent Examples of calibrated The sound on the DOGE scene in front of him calibrated, Gibney gives a small look of approval. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026 Each setpiece was carefully calibrated in terms of its level of fantasy, in order to draw us further and further into the characters’ emotional journey. Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2026 Prompts, task decomposition and validation thresholds are calibrated against its behavior, so when the model changes, the tuning has to be redone. Marcin Nowak, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Where the Cayenne’s steering is calibrated so that the road nudges the driver, Bentley’s elbows back at those perturbances. Byron Hurd, The Drive, 27 Aug. 2026 The books themselves were carefully curated and calibrated with my child’s age. Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026 So all of these flooring materials and all of these counter materials are calibrated and specifically chosen to function as grip equipment for uplighting. Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 Almost half of the Global Fortune 500 – including nearly four in five North American companies listed – are pursuing net-zero targets calibrated by the Protocol’s existing yardstick. Mike Feibus, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 Every chair tilt, gust of wind, and scent spray is carefully timed to match the onscreen action and precisely calibrated not to understimulate or overstimulate audiences. Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calibrated
Verb
  • The day’s events are measured in minutes, a ticking clock; the grief in years, a beating heart.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Chickpeas inside the microwave was measured below proper hot holding temperature.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The study also computed the pre-tax and after-tax returns for overlapping 30-year periods and found that the tax drag varied over time.
    Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Other planning engines run scenarios sequentially, in cycles measured in hours, which is why their AI can only report on what has already been computed rather than reasoning live, KetteQ said.
    Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026

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“Calibrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calibrated. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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