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calibrate

[kal-uh-breyt] / ˈkæl əˌbreɪt /


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fine-tune
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Whether that bet will pay off remains to be seen, but the broader market stabilized somewhat as investors continued to calibrate geopolitical impacts.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 4, 2026

“We calibrate and validate each device in this butt,” says Hall, who calls it the “key innovation” that made developing the sensor possible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Of course, those models do have to calibrate the inputs correctly.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

The prime minister insisted on what he saw as the merits of "calm discussion" - but had to judge how to calibrate his response, both publicly and privately.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

Very little effort was made to calibrate the experiments with plausible inorganic Martian surface materials.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan