How to Use caliber in a Sentence
caliber
noun- I was impressed by the high caliber of the team's work.
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That’s seven starting caliber players, making way for younger players to step in and prove this team’s depth.
— oregonlive, 30 June 2022 -
Few people could pull together a night of this caliber, but Seth England is not like most.
— Joe Lynch, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2024 -
Trades for players of his caliber typically include several first-round draft picks.
— New York Times, 30 June 2022 -
This includes the honeycomb motif made famous by the supercar, with its hexagonal dashboard paralleled in the shape of the caliber.
— Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 1 July 2022 -
At the heart of the timepiece is Hublot’s ultra-thin HUB1280 caliber self-winding movement.
— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 June 2022 -
Blumhouse is a prolific production company that pioneered a new model of studio-caliber filmmaking through micro-budget films.
— Carson Burton, Variety, 21 June 2022 -
The gauge of a shotgun goes down as the caliber goes up.
— David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 9 Dec. 2022 -
How about the caliber of the quarterbacks, and teams in the AFC?
— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024 -
The gun was the same brand, color and caliber of the gun used in the shooting.
— Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 22 Aug. 2022 -
Can the Bears add a high-caliber wide receiver in the draft?
— Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2022 -
There wasn’t a free agent pickup of his caliber on the line.
— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 16 July 2024 -
But even a player of his caliber needs some help from time to time.
— Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023 -
These days, prospects of his caliber tend to get restless.
— Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 21 Dec. 2022 -
But, as Counsell noted, none of them are of the caliber of Woodruff.
— Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2023 -
The roster, once top-notch, is now hardly the same caliber as decades past.
— Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023 -
So what does a truth-telling comic of his caliber do next?
— Miriam Katz, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2024 -
Cameron confirms that both elk had been shot in the head with the .40 caliber handgun at close range.
— Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 10 Apr. 2024 -
And those will turn into wins against those sorts of teams, those high-caliber teams.
— Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2022 -
But Bozeman said playing a high-caliber team like the Longhorns taught the Lions a few lessons.
— Suzi Parker, Arkansas Online, 18 Dec. 2022 -
There are some stars in this year’s game, but what bothers me most isn’t the caliber of athlete.
— Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2022 -
Meanwhile, powering the watch is a new caliber, the HMC 500.
— Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2023 -
This is even amazing, the people, the caliber of people.
— Scientific American Custom Media, Scientific American, 19 Aug. 2022 -
Of course, this caliber of bag usually comes with a steep price tag to match.
— Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2023 -
Equipped with the in-house caliber 854, the nifty piece also displays a second time zone.
— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2024 -
The chance to see two actors of this caliber at the top of their game will, rightly, sell tickets and win hearts.
— David Benedict, Variety, 12 Apr. 2024 -
Jim Axelrod: The .40 caliber gun that killed Ted was Ted's.
— Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2024 -
The Merkava, the Namer and the Puma all have 7.62 caliber machine guns, Butterworth said.
— Cate Brown, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024 -
So this is the sort of caliber of pseudoscience, and this is really echoed down through the years.
— IEEE Spectrum, 23 May 2023 -
Ortiz and Rosado were both shot once in the head with a .45 caliber handgun.
— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
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