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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
calibrate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective marked with or divided into degrees
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Examples
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What is bewildering is the RBI's choice to continue with what it calls "calibrated" tightening, or a quarter-point increase every month or so.
India's Dithering on Inflation Could Hit Growth Harsh Joshi 2011
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What is bewildering is the RBI's choice to continue with what it calls "calibrated" tightening, or a quarter-point increase every month or so.
India's Dithering on Inflation Could Hit Growth Harsh Joshi 2011
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Still, the RBI continues what it calls a "calibrated approach".
RBI Still Toddling on Its Tightening Path Harsh Joshi 2011
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Some people probably can hand-roll a round calibrated from a specific rifle for 120 yards, 2 feet, 4 and a half inches.
Petzal: .270 vs. 2009
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Some people probably can hand-roll a round calibrated from a specific rifle for 120 yards, 2 feet, 4 and a half inches.
Petzal: .270 vs. 2009
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Her orgasm, once again calibrated to her aesthetic sensitivity, subsumes the reader, transferring pleasure from body to sight to word and back again with seamless ease.
How to Do the History of Pornography: Romantic Sexuality and its Field of Vision 2006
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... of Kate Bernadette Benedict's Here From Away is up: Poet performs acts of devotion in calibrated observance of life.
My review ... Frank Wilson 2006
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TV’s are calibrated from the factory to create a specific “look” in the dealer showroom, to generate sales, not for accurate reproduction of the movie.
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It’s all geared toward creating the ultimate luxury product: a remote brain calibrated to an employer’s every whim and desire, one that can anticipate all needs and eliminate most decisions from daily life.
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It’s all geared toward creating the ultimate luxury product: a remote brain calibrated to an employer’s every whim and desire, one that can anticipate all needs and eliminate most decisions from daily life.
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