calipered

past tense of caliper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for calipered
Verb
  • Lenders scrutinize income, debt, and credit quality, and loans are calibrated to ensure that, even if rates go up, buyers won’t be caught entirely off guard.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Even as models were refined, calculations were checked, detectors were calibrated, and independent neutrino detectors were built (but seeing the same result), the discrepancy remained.
    Big Think, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This practice had its own history, another tributary to the overshoot conjuncture that weighed heavily on its future course.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
  • There were ballot proposals in the county to be weighed, and treasurers to be chosen.
    Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • For all the sites, CNN measured the additional square footage of buildings by year since 2020, and analyzed the specific facilities seen in satellite imagery to determine their purpose.
    Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Prices as measured by the Consumer Price Index overall have risen every month since April.
    Steve Kopack, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • The analysis quantified the capacity absorbed by round-Africa diversions across Asia-to-Europe and some Asia-to-North America East Coast services, accounting for roughly four additional vessels needed per round trip for affected services.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Halfmann’s team quantified the driving force for these proteins to crystallize in different human cell types and found that their concentration is correlated with the rate of cell turnover in our body.
    Viviane Callier, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Calipered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calipered. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.

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