calibrate
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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.
They softened their words and calibrated their tone in ordinary conversations.
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.
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.
In theory, Santa is a perfect-information fantasy—omniscient, accurately targeted and morally calibrated.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.