as in to calibrate
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Recent Examples of caliper
Standard Tornado Red calipers signal to the 99.999999 percent that this is indeed the V-8 trim.
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Tony Markovich, Car and Driver, 12 Jan. 2018
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Tony Markovich, Car and Driver, 12 Jan. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caliper
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This made precise targeting difficult to calibrate, because every shell was different.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Atlantic,
27 May 2025
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Reinwald said the department did recently get help from a lab technician from the CDC’s Laboratory Leadership Service, who was there from May 5 to May 16 to help calibrate a new instrument in the city’s laboratory.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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Green gage plums Green gage plums were my father’s favorite and are thought to have originated in Armenia.—
Liza B. Zimmerman,
Forbes,
29 Nov. 2024
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Early voting data is being analyzed to better predict the outcome of the election, with different trends being pulled out to gage a better understanding of whether former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris will be victorious on November 5.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
2 Nov. 2024
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With a major overhaul of the car design regulations on the horizon for next year, all teams are currently weighing the trade-off between keeping some resources focused on making gains for this year versus going all-in for a better car in 2026.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
29 May 2025
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Many expect Durant to be moved after another year of underperforming with the Suns, while Antetokounmpo is weighing his future in Milwaukee.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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Szostak went on to show that in a case like this, functional information can be measured experimentally.—
Philip Ball,
Wired News,
8 June 2025
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Toyota measures twice and cuts once, and the cutting just began.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Overcoming the reticence at the heart of her shyness was like scaling a cliff only to discover another view of the real summit farther off.—
Jim Shepard,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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The administration’s position is clear: AI should be secured before it is scaled.—
Emil Sayegh,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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“Caliper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caliper. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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