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calibrate

[kal-uh-breyt] / ˈkæl əˌbreɪt /


VERB
fine-tune
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They then use inflation data to calibrate these thresholds for previous years going back to 1979, when the necessary data series start.

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They softened their words and calibrated their tone in ordinary conversations.

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It’s Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox treating Robert E. Lee with perfectly calibrated respect, letting Lee’s officers keep their sidearms and his men their personal horses.

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But if you’re willing to treat self-improvement the way you’d treat an investment—anchored in evidence, calibrated to incentives, and adjusted for your cognitive quirks—you can dramatically increase your odds of success.

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In theory, Santa is a perfect-information fantasy—omniscient, accurately targeted and morally calibrated.

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