calipered

verb

past tense of caliper
as in calibrated

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  1. calibrated
  2. weighed
  3. measured
  4. quantified
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  • But the physical landscape of Fujian reflects a strategy calibrated for patience rather than urgency.
    — Ningrong Liu, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Spero said that Pangram is calibrated to call something AI-assisted only if the tool is extremely confident in its analysis.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of calibrated
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  • In November 2025, Tesla shareholders weighed a nonbinding proposal for the carmaker to invest in xAI, Musk’s AI startup.
    — Heather Occhino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • But since the scale couldn't produce a printout of the official weight, which is required for breaking a record in Pennsylvania, Taylor had to get the fish weighed somewhere else.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of weighed
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  • At the bar area, quat sanitizing solution measured below 150 ppm.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The Pentagon report notes that the object's speed was estimated by witnesses rather than measured by instruments.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of measured
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  • In the 1940s mathematician Claude Shannon quantified information as the reduction of uncertainty.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The logistics giant quantified the wider benefit in its guidance filing, noting that the capacity constraints in the air freight market contributed roughly 100 million euros ($112 million) to the Express result for the quarter.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of quantified
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