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
The technology will only get more polished, the mannerisms more finely calibrated, the over-all effect more persuasive.
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Dan Turello, New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2026
Loesing leaned into that midcentury history and also the Tootlas’ desire to make the home a reflection of their taste rather than something calibrated to appeal to some future buyer.
—Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 8 Jan. 2026
In the first season, that emotionality felt calibrated.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026
The dutiful wife in pearls, hair set just so, makeup calibrated in a polished and understated way so as not to distract or stand out.
—Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 5 Jan. 2026
The system runs in the background once cameras are placed and calibrated.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Dec. 2025
With record numbers of rocket launches, and a fairly high-density airspace full of support aircraft of all types, any counter-drone systems must be carefully calibrated so as to not interfere with the communication, navigation or telemetry of rockets or other vehicles.
—Brett Tingley, Space.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The author’s cinematic structure displays carefully calibrated shifts of perspective…that vividly evoke the vibrant and often violent city that was Berlin.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Lenders scrutinize income, debt, and credit quality, and loans are calibrated to ensure that, even if rates go up, buyers won’t be caught entirely off guard.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calibrated
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By modeling this signal across each galaxy, the team measured how fast the gas was moving and how chaotic its motion was.—
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Cooked egg noodles, made two days prior to inspection, were stored in a reach-in refrigerator measured below proper temperatures.—
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Today, pi has been computed to over 200 trillion digits, using algorithms whose foundations trace back to Ramanujan’s ideas.—
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The simulation hypothesis does not have to mean that people in the simulation are only soulless, computed AI inside someone else’s creation.—
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“Calibrated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calibrated. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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