calipered

verb

past tense of caliper
as in calibrated

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  1. calibrated
  2. weighed
  3. measured
  4. quantified
Verb
  • 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
Definition of calibrated
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  • The wheel, approximately a foot and a half in diameter, weighed 150 to 200 pounds.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Dry food can also work, but portions should be weighed carefully rather than left out for unlimited grazing.
    — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of weighed
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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
Definition of measured
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  • For the first time, this economic impact study quantified the Chicago Public Library’s economic contributions to the city and its residents.
    — Michael Fassnacht, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But Coresh’s new study of more than 12,400 adults quantified how much the combination of these vascular measures in middle age may have influenced when dementia began to set in.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of quantified
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“Calipered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calipered. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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