as in to measure
to determine the correct value of (something)
The age of the tree was calibrated from the carbon dating data.
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Recent Examples of calibrate
According to a friend who gets paid well to calibrate such things, the Republican Senate majority looks safe at this point in the cycle.
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Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 19 Feb. 2025
The search turned up several packaging materials commonly associated with narcotics sales, including a 100-gram weight that is often used to calibrate scales.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2025
The initial images in September 2023 were out of focus, because the space telescope had not yet been calibrated.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2025
The scientists calibrated these fields to replicate the magnetic conditions of various locales along the Eastern Seaboard, such as spots in the Gulf of Mexico or along the coast of Maine.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
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Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 19 Feb. 2025
The search turned up several packaging materials commonly associated with narcotics sales, including a 100-gram weight that is often used to calibrate scales.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2025
The initial images in September 2023 were out of focus, because the space telescope had not yet been calibrated.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Feb. 2025
The scientists calibrated these fields to replicate the magnetic conditions of various locales along the Eastern Seaboard, such as spots in the Gulf of Mexico or along the coast of Maine.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calibrate
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One found in 1996 reportedly measured 36 feet long.—
Jessica Botelho,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Feb. 2025
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But for Terry, the true impact isn’t measured in kilowatt-hours saved; it’s measured in the minds of young people who have been empowered to create change.—
Alexandra Harbert,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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Rather than pour tens of billions of dollars into building data centers as Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Google have done, Apple has struck partnerships with OpenAI, which fields some A.I. queries on iPhones, and rented computing infrastructure from cloud providers.—
Meaghan Tobin,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Only after the full netting process is the capital gains tax computed on the net gain or loss.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Despite several plane crashes since the start of 2025, officials insist air travel remains the safest mode of transportation, with the statistical chance of being in a crash being too small to calculate, according to data from the National Safety Council.—
Julia Bonavita,
Fox News,
21 Feb. 2025
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By the time the war was nearing its first anniversary, The New York Times calculated that four out of five structures in Jabaliya had been damaged or destroyed.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Calibrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calibrate. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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