calipering

Definition of caliperingnext
present participle of caliper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for calipering
Verb
  • While power meters are handy for tracking cycling performance, mounting and calibrating the things can be a fiddly process.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2025
  • From unpacking to first print, the H2S offers a set-it-and-forget-it experience, with internal software calibrating and monitoring the things other machines require you to fine-tune.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 22 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • This lightweight bag provides ample space for belongings like your keys, phone, and wallet, without weighing you down.
    Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2026
  • It's loaded with protein and is thickened slightly with crushed tortilla chips and starch from the beans, so it’s guaranteed to satisfy without weighing you down.
    Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 15 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • President Barack Obama replaced the test in 2012 with the Presidential Youth Fitness Program, which promoted living a physically active and healthy lifestyle rather than measuring athletic performance.
    Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 8 Jan. 2026
  • One explanation for this apparent contradiction, advanced most notably by the South African scientist Tim Noakes, is that the studies are measuring the wrong thing.
    Alex Hutchinson, Outside, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The hardest part of scaling this 5,200 foot beast?
    Ariana Quihuiz, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Rather than offer unprofitable products to consumers, the industry would simply stop offering access to customers with subprime credit, and make other changes in card programs, including scaling back rewards, insiders say.
    Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • The Oasi Zegna is a territory spanning more than 62 miles and its colors and mood are also a source of inspiration for artistic director Alessandro Sartori, who has been developing the sustainable Oasi Cashmere and staged some shows there.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The building, spanning more than 516,000 square feet, includes 25 floors of office and commercial space, as well as a 348-stall parking ramp.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • So in response to calls to fix the issue — which grew louder in 2020 and 2021 as medicine reckoned with its history of perpetuating racial inequities — the FDA funded a study to generate prospective data in the clinic quantifying the bias.
    Anil Oza, STAT, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Colorado doesn’t have any way of quantifying whether areas need more hospital beds, and health systems generally described their recent projects as bringing specific types of care closer to communities, rather than relieving a crunch on their existing facilities.
    Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Calipering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calipering. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.

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