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
To be able to not only maintain them, but repair them and calibrate them, is a good feeling for me.
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
There, one of the tallest towers in Antarctica measures atmospheric data and helps calibrate Earth observation satellites.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Ojos calibrated me to a new kind of suffering, which would prove useful, at lower elevations, in the years to come.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
Few actors understood the assignment every single time like Robert Redford, who would carefully calibrate his charisma depending on the part.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
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Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
There, one of the tallest towers in Antarctica measures atmospheric data and helps calibrate Earth observation satellites.
—Jamie Carter, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Ojos calibrated me to a new kind of suffering, which would prove useful, at lower elevations, in the years to come.
—Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
Few actors understood the assignment every single time like Robert Redford, who would carefully calibrate his charisma depending on the part.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calibrate
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Venture capital performance may be measured in ten-year chunks, but only an elite club of firms can claim to have stayed consistent—let alone functional—for anywhere close to that timeframe.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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The Cotton Incorporated Lifestyle Monitor™ Survey is an ongoing research program that measures consumer attitudes and behaviors relating to apparel, shopping, fashion, sustainability, and more.—
Catherine Salfino,
Sourcing Journal,
21 Oct. 2025
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Smaller cloud computing competitors like Oracle and CoreWeave are gaining market share with AI-specific offerings.—
Clare Duffy,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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At Akamai Technologies, CIO Kate Prouty and CFO Ed McGowan joined the cybersecurity and cloud computing company within a year of each other more than 25 years ago.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
22 Oct. 2025
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Using Zumper for rent prices, the salary needed to afford a typical studio apartment in each city was calculated.—
Celia Fernandez,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Part-time students are calculated on partial basis, leading to fewer students reported than when using a total headcount.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Calibrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calibrate. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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