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calibers

noun

variants or calibres

plural of caliber

as in rates

degree of excellence musicians of the highest caliber perform at that concert hall

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Recent Examples of calibers Smaller rounds can descend at about 300 feet per second, while larger calibers can fall at speeds near 500 feet per second. — Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 30 Dec. 2025 According to a police report, officers found more than 50 shell casings of four different handgun calibers at the scene. — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025 It was buried inside a shipping container alongside a silencer, an Uzi submachine gun and tens of thousands of bullets of different calibers. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026 Police recovered 95 spent shell casings from the roadway, representing multiple calibers. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026 The scalable design also gives KNDS room to introduce larger calibers in the future, should battlefield requirements change. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026 Antetokounmpo and Turner are two different calibers. — Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025 The respected manufacture also supplies calibers to top-tier watch brands such as Richard Mille, Parmigiani Fleurier, and Audemars Piguet. — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 3 May 2026 Relaunched in 2024 with a time-only configuration, the collection now expands to embrace haute horlogerie complications with four new calibers and five additions to the permanent collection. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 19 Jan. 2026

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In July 2025, monthly parking rates at the Old Sacramento, Memorial and Tower Bridge garages increased by $10, along with higher half-hour rates, according to previous Bee reporting.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
If internal promotion rates fall and companies lean harder on external senior hires who do not yet exist in sufficient numbers, the warnings from Cortez, DDI, and Korn Ferry will have been correct.

— Cindy Rodriguez Constable, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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All three qualities are on display in a weekend retreat the firm designed on Shelter Island, a bucolic haven wedged between Long Island’s North and South Forks, just up the road from The Hamptons.

— Fred Albert, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
In his press conferences, the Scot spoke about the different qualities — the speed and direct play — the Englishman brought to the table.

— Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 4 July 2026

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