How to Use calibrate in a Sentence

calibrate

verb
  • The choice to employ Plaza as the face of the plant-milk spoof was calibrated, of course.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2023
  • All the while, Christie and his front-of-the-house team will carefully calibrate the mood of the room.
    Andy Wang, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Let the door calibrate and test the lock using the app to lock and unlock your door.
    Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Usefully, this worked straight out of the box, without the need to calibrate.
    New Atlas, 12 July 2024
  • When setting up the Peloton Row, the machine will prompt you to calibrate your form.
    Angela Moscaritolo, PCMAG, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The warmth and the breeze had calibrated to the equilibrium of a gorgeous day.
    Rick Rojas Emily Kask, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024
  • Scorsese calibrates her place in the film with a delicate sense of form.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The Coast Guard report said the crew aboard the Agios Dimitrios failed to calibrate a component of the main engine.
    Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2024
  • The back-and-forth is perfectly calibrated and sets the tone for the entire arc of Barbie.
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Schultz learned how to snowboard over the next few weeks to test and calibrate his prosthetic, and over the next few years of testing fell in love with the sport.
    Christian Richey, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022
  • The team will cross calibrate the data of both satellites over the next year before Jason-3's mission ends.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 21 Nov. 2020
  • In a challenge trial, the first step is to calibrate the virus dose the volunteers will be given.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Be sure to read through the instructions to calibrate the app for your phone properly.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Did the two of you calibrate each one together, or was that all her own instinct?
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 July 2024
  • Your primary brief wasn’t to calibrate the harms done by hate speech to the climate of your workplace.
    New York Times, 7 June 2022
  • Democrats have to calibrate their platform to win over voters.
    NBC News, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Cliff is a main character in the story; Lee is a device set up to calibrate Cliff’s strength.
    Danny Chau, The Atlantic, 22 June 2020
  • This is Chico Marx level humor, and the kind of line the masterly Mr. Mosley uses to calibrate the mood.
    John Anderson, WSJ, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Odenkirk and Gould are discussing how to calibrate the intensity of his pleas to make a phone call.
    Dan Snierson, EW.com, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Courage and bravery are knowing when to act, when to redirect, when to calibrate, when to push.
    Maria Shine Stewart, cleveland, 2 June 2020
  • Scientists have figured out a gene that seems to calibrate how wet or dry your wax is.
    Henry Ou, The Conversation, 7 Feb. 2022
  • That’s why this fight calls for leaders who can calibrate and adapt — just as each of us must do in this weird pandemic world.
    Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2021
  • After all, what a strange power to calibrate the color, flavor, and texture of produce based on the whims of a cook.
    Anne Quito, Quartz, 21 Feb. 2020
  • Spoelstra said as opponents adjust to the zone, the Heat’s zone has to calibrate to those counters.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Klay Thompson couldn’t calibrate his jumper all night long.
    C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2022
  • What did those shifts mean for you, in terms of calibrating your performance?
    Tomris Laffly, ELLE, 26 May 2023
  • During this approach, Lucy’s scientists will take images of the Earth and the Moon to help calibrate the instruments on the probe.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 14 Oct. 2022
  • And Edelstein brilliantly calibrates the pacing of the plot to keep the audience hooked from start to finish.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Sure, people can say whatever, but the real Marsha — the fullness of her — is readily available to understand and calibrate to.
    Wren Sanders, Them, 23 Oct. 2024
  • On the other hand, a Republican ticket can win at well under half the popular vote, another factor Miller has calibrated in his number crunching.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024

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