Thesaurus results for CALIBRATES

calibrates

verb

present tense third-person singular of calibrate

as in measures

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 calibrates Financial conditions are an important input for how the Fed calibrates rate policy. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 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

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The index measures factors including checks on executive power.

— Catherine Osborn, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026
At night, the bed measures in a few square inches shy of a queen at 58 x 76-in (147 x 193-cm), comfortably sleeping two people or a solo adventurer hellbent on escaping everything and everyone.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2026

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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

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Contrary to the traditional labor theory of value, which calculates the value of a good or service through the amount of labor required to produce it, Poliks and Trillo posit latency and delay to be the true sources of value.

— Sophie Landres, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
The team calculates that doubling the battery capacity and deploying next-generation solar coatings could transform the drone’s operational footprint.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

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