Thesaurus results for CALIBRATES

calibrates

verb

present tense third-person singular of calibrate

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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 calibrates Financial conditions are an important input for how the Fed calibrates rate policy. — Jeff Cox, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 The company calibrates screen uniformity at the factory and uses software compensation to maintain performance as the display ages. — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026 As per usual with Sonos, the Beam delivers an immersive sound that calibrates itself to the room its in. — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 8 July 2026 Sunlight calibrates the same master clock that’s triggering your dip. — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 19 May 2026 San Diego County calibrates scales used for weighing precious metals. — Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026 The survey calibrates and releases data that anyone can download. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2026 Blue beautifully calibrates Edward's transformation, aided by Jason Orlenko's costume design, moving from a prep school graduate's outfit to a slinky look in the final scene. — Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 20 Oct. 2025 The VitaFreshPro system calibrates temperature settings for different food zones, while dual compressors eliminate odor transfer between compartments. — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 29 Aug. 2025

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This year, the company launched the FinWhale Smart Chlorine Dispenser, a free-floating device that continuously measures free chlorine and pH in the water.

— Hannah Singleton, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
The carrier measures approximately 280 metres in length and 73 metres across its flight deck.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of measures

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Claude rewrites the relevant part of the query in Wolfram Language, Wolfram computes the result and Claude builds its response around that number instead of predicting it.

— Mateusz Mucha, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Moreover, revisions to the way the Bureau of Economic Analysis computes the personal consumption expenditures price index are expected to take inflation readings issued earlier this year lower.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026

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Economist Thomas Philippon calculates that weakened competition costs the typical household about $300 a month.

— Christopher Marquis, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
That said, its catalogue is only just over 4% Spanish origin by volume in Spain – half what Netflix has by volume and a quarter of Amazon, Ampere Analysis calculates.

— John Hopewell, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

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