Thesaurus results for CALIBRATING

calibrating

verb

present participle of calibrate

as in measuring

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 calibrating Now, with another Super El Niño setting in — this time likely to be the strongest on record — many are calibrating their expectations based on what happened then. — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026 Mining company 3 Proton Lithium (3PL) wants to develop the site, but around a third of it is located in lands reserved for NASA to use for calibrating Earth-observing satellites. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 3 Aug. 2026 The entire system has been designed to be easy to use, from calibrating the G1X for the first time to creating models to filling ink to swapping print beds. — New Atlas, 27 July 2026 Over the course of the fifties, Bobby perfected his performance of power, calibrating and re-calibrating to fit his family’s political aims. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026 Within the existing parking garage, the airport has installed and is calibrating a parking guidance system that directs drivers to available spaces using digital arrows mounted on the ceiling. — Sacbee.com, 22 June 2026 Investors who treat this as a passing diet fad are calibrating to a baseline that no longer exists. — Tenzin Seldon, Fortune, 21 June 2026 Engineers would spend months testing and calibrating prototypes in proving grounds and on real-world roads. — IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2026 The process preserved the original film grain and cinematic texture while calibrating brightness, contrast and color saturation for stability and clarity. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 15 June 2026

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The suede boots featured a thigh-high design with a stiletto measuring 100 mm, just shy of a 4-inch heel.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 29 Aug. 2026
This suggests that exercise may influence aspects of slow-wave sleep quality or intensity not fully captured by measuring duration alone.

— Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

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While the company's revenue is set to expand, its customer base – which consists largely of the cloud computing giants that run enterprise workloads for businesses – appears to be growing more concentrated.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
Pachocki says confidence in alignment and safety has become as limiting to OpenAI’s progress as access to computing power.

— Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 2026

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