as in measuring
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 calibrating
This entire spectrum of high-impact deliveries can be made within minutes, further calibrating the efficiency of successful and more personalized businesses.
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Nitesh Mirchandani, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
From the moment the livestream session began, I and other participants were thrown into the control room at Gemini South as astronomers began calibrating the telescope.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
BikeOn View gallery - 3 images While power meters are very handy tools for tracking your cycling performance, mounting and calibrating the things can be a fiddly process.
—New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025
Michael Rubin, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, argues that calibrating sanctions relief ensures crucial leverage in deterring against violence toward civilians and minority groups.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 23 July 2025
New economic techniques for calibrating the impact of ACMDs are being developed, and could perhaps be applied to estimate ACMS costs in defining case-specific trade remedies, especially tariffs.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Oshkosh has allegedly had problems calibrating the vehicles’ airbags and with leak tests, which have slowed production.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Dec. 2024
For now, there are signs that Beijing is still processing the enormous development and is calibrating its response.
—Eric X. Li, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2016
Nitesh Mirchandani, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
From the moment the livestream session began, I and other participants were thrown into the control room at Gemini South as astronomers began calibrating the telescope.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2025
BikeOn View gallery - 3 images While power meters are very handy tools for tracking your cycling performance, mounting and calibrating the things can be a fiddly process.
—New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2025
Michael Rubin, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, argues that calibrating sanctions relief ensures crucial leverage in deterring against violence toward civilians and minority groups.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 23 July 2025
New economic techniques for calibrating the impact of ACMDs are being developed, and could perhaps be applied to estimate ACMS costs in defining case-specific trade remedies, especially tariffs.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Oshkosh has allegedly had problems calibrating the vehicles’ airbags and with leak tests, which have slowed production.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Dec. 2024
For now, there are signs that Beijing is still processing the enormous development and is calibrating its response.
—Eric X. Li, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calibrating
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Those include seven Signature suites measuring between 2,981 and 9,975 square feet, with the Funnel Suite being its largest onboard.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Other methods of measuring fitness intensity with physical activity include using smartwatches, fitness monitors, and heart rate monitors.—
Tim Petrie,
Verywell Health,
24 Sep. 2025
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Creating a connected map of the entire World Wide Web with indexes for every word took a lot of computing power.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
22 Sep. 2025
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This approach keeps computing demands much lower, allowing simulations of systems with hundreds of atoms.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Calibrating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calibrating. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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