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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With the right privacy standards, this kind of data could help cities anticipate seasonal inflows, calibrate zoning or permitting thresholds, and avoid the unintended consequences of unmanaged mobility.—
Angelica Krystle Donati,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The cold-holding/hot-holding unit in the food establishment does not have a visible thermometer, accurate and/or properly calibrated thermometer, or the thermometer is broken.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Aug. 2025
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At the gage site, flooding reaches the base of the river gage housing, but is confined to woods and pasture immediately adjacent to the river.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
7 July 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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In January 2025, the first of three offshore substations arrived, weighing 4,000 tonnes, and becoming the heaviest piece of equipment ever handled by the Port of Virginia.—
Anna Broughel,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Speaking of size, the R1 weighs around 55 pounds and stands about 4 feet tall.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Thermal batteries tend to have very long lifespans—measured in decades rather than years.—
Erik Kobayashi-Solomon,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The company’s plan is for 37 two-bedroom units ranging from 1,125 to 1,670 square feet, and three-bedroom units measuring 1,400 square feet.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
6 Aug. 2025
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There has been much debate on whether AI’s scaling laws would continue to hold, and whether AI systems would continue to achieve higher performance as the size of the training data, model parameters, or computational resources increase.—
Eliza Strickland,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 Aug. 2025
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If India scales back imports of Russian oil, Moscow could still gain revenue if crude prices spike.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Caliper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caliper. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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