calibrates

present tense third-person singular of calibrate

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Recent Examples of calibrates The company calibrates screen uniformity at the factory and uses software compensation to maintain performance as the display ages. Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 As per usual with Sonos, the Beam delivers an immersive sound that calibrates itself to the room its in. Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 8 July 2026 Sunlight calibrates the same master clock that’s triggering your dip. Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026 San Diego County calibrates scales used for weighing precious metals. Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026 The survey calibrates and releases data that anyone can download. Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026 Blue beautifully calibrates Edward's transformation, aided by Jason Orlenko's costume design, moving from a prep school graduate's outfit to a slinky look in the final scene. Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 20 Oct. 2025 The VitaFreshPro system calibrates temperature settings for different food zones, while dual compressors eliminate odor transfer between compartments. Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 29 Aug. 2025 The system reads the current and calibrates it to reflect an estimate of blood alcohol concentration, or BAC. Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 19 May 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calibrates
Verb
  • Time blinks by Kathy Vigiano measures time by how much her youngest son, John, has grown since her husband, NYPD Detective Joseph Vigiano, was killed in the 9/11 terror attacks.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
  • The figures differ from Netflix’s data, which measures views rather than viewers.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Moreover, revisions to the way the Bureau of Economic Analysis computes the personal consumption expenditures price index are expected to take inflation readings issued earlier this year lower.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Nature computes, and one result is the code through which matter becomes a living, adaptive, self-organizing form.
    Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • Medical assessment must establish the required range before a clinic calculates a meaningful price.
    Malana VanTyler, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Instead of tax returns, the lender reviews 12 or 24 months of actual bank statements and calculates income from the deposits flowing through the account.
    Karen Koehler, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

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

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