Sample Sentences for
calibrate
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    They had no instrument to calibrate how much punishment he could take.  (source)
    calibrate = measure
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    The computer is going to send a signal to calibrate the transponder, and the transponder is going to send a signal back.  (source)
    calibrate = make fine adjustments to
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    Someone performs something that isn't part of the competition so the judges can calibrate their scoring.  (source)
    calibrate = finely adjust
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    I paused a second, trying to figure out if my response should be calibrated to please Augustus or his parents.  (source)
    calibrated = finely adjusted
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    That data can quickly be used to calibrate the outside temperature.  (source)
    calibrate = measure
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    Jason studied the airspeed, calibrating the knots on the map and calculating the estimated distance he wanted.†  (source)
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    With neither apologies nor care, nor thought, nor credit given to the many contrary proofs, Alessandro believed that the portrait of Bindo Altoviti— "il ritratto suo quando era giovane," his portrait when he was young-was as alive as any of the light that calibrates the time that says of us that we live.†  (source)
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    I was wearing sixty pounds of gear, each gram meticulously chosen for a specific purpose, my load refined and calibrated over a dozen years and hundreds of similar missions.  (source)
    calibrated = adjusted
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    Then I ran a drill press to set up and calibrate the end pieces.†  (source)
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    This is key for early detection, for calibrating any meds you might be on, for seeing any problems a few miles away, as opposed to after they've run you over.†  (source)
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    My body was a beautiful, perfect economy, every feature calibrated, everything in balance.  (source)
    calibrated = finally adjusted
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    Andil and the technicians were there to calibrate and experiment.†  (source)
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    But the length of the rope has to be calibrated in proportion to the weight of the person; otherwise there is nothing quick or easy about it.  (source)
    calibrated = accurately adjusted
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