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calibrate

verb as in fine-tune

Strongest matches

Strong match

verb as in graduate

verb as in quantify

verb as in scale

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These measures are used to calibrate whether policy is loose, neutral or too tight.

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By refining global biostratigraphic frameworks and calibrating species' evolutionary timelines, INA researchers transform fossils of coccolithophores into precise tools for reconstructing ancient oceans, linking modern plankton ecology with the geological record of climate change.

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So precise is the production process, that even the machines used to produce the devices are made and specially calibrated locally.

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Except when you find other old women or men to skate with, calibrated to your speed.

"But there are more strings to his bow, and he also looks to the East in adopting a more contemplative, finely calibrated tone."

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