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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calipers
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Falsehood scales instantly; correction limps behind.—
Tom Debley,
Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2026 -
The recipe scales up easily to feed more people.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Mar. 2026
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The discrepancies tended to be largest in lower-income regions, including parts of Africa, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, where there are typically fewer local tide gauges and direct ocean measurements; these places are more reliant on models that perform poorly there.—
Marcos Magaña,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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An intensification of violence in Iran and the Gulf triggered a global stock selloff earlier this week, driving credit risk gauges higher and stifling primary issuance.—
Claire Ruckin,
Bloomberg,
5 Mar. 2026
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San Diego County calibrates scales used for weighing precious metals.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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The survey calibrates and releases data that anyone can download.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 2026
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The result is a highly uncertain outlook as the market weighs growth versus inflation.—
Michael MacKenzie,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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Smothers weighs the same as Brown, but runs with more authority between the tackles.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
8 Mar. 2026
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The Collegiate Consulting study focuses largely on branding and visibility through a metric known as advertising value equivalency (AVE), which measures how much advertising would cost with equivalent exposure.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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Standing out in the six-bedroom, 10-bathroom spread, which measures 20 feet wide and 8,000 square feet across six levels, is a living room with two seating areas, a linear fireplace, and a bay window.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Calipers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calipers. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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