as in measured
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 calibrated
There were huge, complicated machines that needed to be calibrated, and nobody really knew how to do it.
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Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
Corporate slop, carefully calibrated to appeal to nostalgic fans without offering anything new on their own terms, is commonplace these days.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026
It’s calibrated to one idea of what curly hair is, without accounting for the variables that actually drive your experience.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
What emerges instead is a broader offer, calibrated to different audiences, platforms and programming needs.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
Lacking watches, many species keep time using an internal system — a set of interacting genes and their protein products that effectively keeps track of a 24-hour period — that is calibrated by sunlight.
—Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Old hands at the magazine long have whispered that the secret of the Oscar party’s success has been its near-perfect red carpet lighting — meticulously calibrated to softly and forgivingly cover up the flaws of any guest lucky enough to be photographed beneath it.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
The administration argues that the delay removes compliance burdens while allowing proper review of whether the specific provisions—including airline liability, refresher training frequency, pre-departure notifications, and fare reimbursements—are justified and appropriately calibrated.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Gajjar and Brown calibrated how fluctuations in the solar wind and bursts from CMEs can affect narrowband signals, and averaged that over time.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Carol Sutton Lewis, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
Corporate slop, carefully calibrated to appeal to nostalgic fans without offering anything new on their own terms, is commonplace these days.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026
It’s calibrated to one idea of what curly hair is, without accounting for the variables that actually drive your experience.
—Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
What emerges instead is a broader offer, calibrated to different audiences, platforms and programming needs.
—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
Lacking watches, many species keep time using an internal system — a set of interacting genes and their protein products that effectively keeps track of a 24-hour period — that is calibrated by sunlight.
—Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Old hands at the magazine long have whispered that the secret of the Oscar party’s success has been its near-perfect red carpet lighting — meticulously calibrated to softly and forgivingly cover up the flaws of any guest lucky enough to be photographed beneath it.
—Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026
The administration argues that the delay removes compliance burdens while allowing proper review of whether the specific provisions—including airline liability, refresher training frequency, pre-departure notifications, and fare reimbursements—are justified and appropriately calibrated.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
Gajjar and Brown calibrated how fluctuations in the solar wind and bursts from CMEs can affect narrowband signals, and averaged that over time.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 8 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calibrated
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And what’s interesting, across tasks, across countries, there’s an extremely high correlation between the expertise that is provided by the human in measured in this way, and the sort of sophisticated actions that the model produces.—
Matthew Heimer,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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In testing scenarios, the breed's bite has been measured at roughly 500-800 PSI (pounds per square inch), which is among the strongest recorded in the canine world.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Apr. 2026
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Gordian was engineered for nuclear-grade technical work and is equipped with physics and engineering tools, as well as the ability to understand and integrate data through semantic ontology mapping, to ensure that the final output is computed and verified, not inferred, according to the DOE.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Mar. 2026
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The final figures are computed by using a player index.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Calibrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calibrated. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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