calibrated

past tense of calibrate

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Recent Examples of calibrated But if those components are not properly wired together, calibrated and plugged into the same power source, the system cannot sing. Chris Kelly, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026 Hatch chiles are a staple of Southwestern food, delivering a distinctive vegetal flavor and a spice level that can be calibrated to every taste. Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026 They are also calibrated precisely to each individual’s diagnostics. Jamie Timson, TheWeek, 24 July 2026 Effective oversight is calibrated to the nature, scale and demonstrated risk of each collaboration. Aliasger K. Salem, The Conversation, 23 July 2026 Those thresholds are calibrated to reach only a handful of the world’s largest AI companies, not Massachusetts startups, small businesses, or academic researchers. Jesse Rothman, Boston Herald, 17 July 2026 The first sequence plays out with breathtaking suspense, the second with wrenching tragedy; the difference is calibrated by the composer Ludwig Göransson, whose score pulses with mournful dissonance and martial fury. Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026 With a catheter inserted into a vein, intravenous tubing fitted and a syringe pump loaded and primed, the subject waits as the bed retracts until his brain is centered within the great coils of an MRI machine calibrated to map altered brain states. Charles Moss, SPIN, 16 July 2026 One reason for this is that the heat index values are calibrated for shady locations with light wind. Carmel Wroth, NPR, 2 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calibrated
Verb
  • The researchers compared each graduate’s actual first employer against every other firm that plausibly could have hired them, then measured how the presence of fellow Ivy Leaguers at those firms shaped where graduates actually landed.
    Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Success should be measured not simply by enrollment or program completion, but by employment, wages, retention, and career advancement.
    Emma Pfohman, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • These are questions that should be computed before a model enters the workflow.
    Bruce Kelley, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • The researchers computed the optimal launch angles and wing size.
    Ari Daniel, NPR, 9 July 2026

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“Calibrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calibrated. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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