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calibrate

[kal-uh-breyt] / ˈkæl əˌbreɪt /


VERB
fine-tune
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There are these sea change moments for young bands that don’t know how to respond or calibrate to them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

But a “structurally weaker OPEC, with less spare capacity concentrated within the group, will find it increasingly difficult to calibrate supply and stabilize prices.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

Namely, these models employ AI to calibrate quantum processing units and design algorithms for correcting errors.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

So a question the Fed is considering is whether to calibrate capital requirements for a mortgage to its loan-to-value ratio.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

It’s true that every writer must calibrate the degree of specialization in her language against her best guess of the audience’s familiarity with the topic.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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