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Yet calibration should not be mistaken for weakness.
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Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
The exhibit doesn’t treat youth as a vague, wide-open expanse but instead focusses on the subtle transformations that begin just shy of the teen years—the new calibration of interiority and exteriority, the emergent understanding of independence and accountability.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
There's a 5-inch color touchscreen to track progress and speed, and adjust settings; the FibreSeeker 3 also automatically handles leveling and calibration, and uses an AI-powered camera to monitor prints and avoid errors.
—New Atlas, 11 Dec. 2025
Since no two listening environments are the same, Technics employs adaptive technologies, such as automatic speaker calibration, to optimize playback according to the acoustic character of each space.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2025
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Zongyuan Zoe Liu, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
The exhibit doesn’t treat youth as a vague, wide-open expanse but instead focusses on the subtle transformations that begin just shy of the teen years—the new calibration of interiority and exteriority, the emergent understanding of independence and accountability.
—Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2025
There's a 5-inch color touchscreen to track progress and speed, and adjust settings; the FibreSeeker 3 also automatically handles leveling and calibration, and uses an AI-powered camera to monitor prints and avoid errors.
—New Atlas, 11 Dec. 2025
Since no two listening environments are the same, Technics employs adaptive technologies, such as automatic speaker calibration, to optimize playback according to the acoustic character of each space.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calibration
measurement
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In 2022, the spacecraft spent about three months in safe mode after problems with its onboard inertial measurement units, or IMUs, which determine its orientation in space.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
16 Jan. 2026
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The 8-30g law applies to towns with less than 10% of its housing designated as affordable by state measurements.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Calibration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calibration. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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