Thesaurus results for CALIBRATED

calibrated

verb

past tense of calibrate

as in measured

to determine the correct value of (something) The age of the tree was calibrated from the carbon dating data.

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Recent Examples of calibrated Prompts, task decomposition and validation thresholds are calibrated against its behavior, so when the model changes, the tuning has to be redone. — Marcin Nowak, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Where the Cayenne’s steering is calibrated so that the road nudges the driver, Bentley’s elbows back at those perturbances. — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 27 Aug. 2026 The books themselves were carefully curated and calibrated with my child’s age. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026 So all of these flooring materials and all of these counter materials are calibrated and specifically chosen to function as grip equipment for uplighting. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026 Almost half of the Global Fortune 500 – including nearly four in five North American companies listed – are pursuing net-zero targets calibrated by the Protocol’s existing yardstick. — Mike Feibus, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026 Every chair tilt, gust of wind, and scent spray is carefully timed to match the onscreen action and precisely calibrated not to understimulate or overstimulate audiences. — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026 Its handful of action sequences are perfectly calibrated, unfolding in a restrained manner so as never to steal focus from the characters and story. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Aug. 2026 Full of big moments, rousing choruses, barstool sing-alongs, and even a few weepers, Stages is an album calibrated to the live experience. — Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 3 Aug. 2026

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However, the report noted that the gap remains substantially wider when measured by value.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
The rise lifted some components of the index into overbought territory, as measured by the relative strength index (RSI), a momentum indicator that tracks the speed and size of price changes.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2026

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The study also computed the pre-tax and after-tax returns for overlapping 30-year periods and found that the tax drag varied over time.

— Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Other planning engines run scenarios sequentially, in cycles measured in hours, which is why their AI can only report on what has already been computed rather than reasoning live, KetteQ said.

— Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 13 Aug. 2026

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