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calipers

verb

present tense third-person singular of caliper

as in scales

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Initial availability will be limited, with capacity increasing as the company scales.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Unlike the typical, Western beauty origin story — where an entrepreneur launches a specialized startup and scales through venture capital — Fas does not have a single founder.

— Kati Chitrakorn, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of scales

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Most of the helicopter was consumed by fire after the crash, so no meaningful data could be gleaned from the majority of the cockpit gauges, according to the report.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Clarity, in the meantime, gauges whether or not the diamond has internal imperfections or external flaws, and carat weight grants insight on the actual metric weight of the diamond.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of gauges

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These tighter measurements may not seem like a lot, but the iPad mini now weighs the same as the iPhone Duo, Apple's folding iPhone.

— Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 3 Nov. 2026
The workflow weighs business impact, construction criticality, timing urgency, cost benefit, customer commitment and inter-project budget implications.

— Jayashree Arunkumar, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of weighs

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In studies, withdrawal from kratom has appeared mild on a scale that measures clinical opioid withdrawal, with symptoms like anxiety, fatigue, gastrointestinal issues, and restlessness.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 6 Nov. 2026
Indeed, haemoglobin measures the protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen, while ferritin measures the iron stored in the body.

— Amy Francombe, Vogue, 6 Nov. 2026

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