Thesaurus results for CALIPERING

calipering

verb

present participle of caliper

as in calibrating

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Some investors are likely calibrating their portfolios for that possibility, while others are investing based on a spate of Republican victories.

— Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
In his view, society’s obsession with calibrating units of time had begun in 1955 with the invention of the atomic clock.

— David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026

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Nvidia's flagship Vera Rubin product is a seven-foot rack containing 72 GPUs and weighing as much as a pickup truck.

— Kif Leswing,Isabel O'Brien, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
The salty bacon and fluffy eggs formed that classic breakfast flavor, while the potatoes added a satisfying heartiness without weighing the taco down.

— Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026

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The new ship will also be longer, measuring around 16 feet (5 meters) longer than the F-110 at 492 feet (150 meters).

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Governors can help change that by prioritizing and measuring what students know and can do in civics.

— Lamar Alexander, Time, 23 Oct. 2026

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The performance of hydrocarbons must be considered as part of a wider system that is simultaneously scaling clean electricity input and improving efficiency across the value chain.

— H.E. Dr Abdulla Saif Al Jarwan, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
For São Paulo, Paulino moved from watercolor on paper to painting on canvas, scaling her drawings up to nearly 9 feet by 20 feet.

— Tatiane de Assis, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of scaling

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Investigators examined allegations involving more than 300 victims spanning from 1950 through 2011.

— Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
Behind every live event is a vast, complex network of businesses spanning production, logistics, staging, technology and venue operations, many of them relatively small and specialized.

— Davis Noell, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of spanning

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In physics, one way to measure uncertainty is entropy—a way of quantifying disorder and randomness.

— Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
New analyses from the Football Players Health Study at Harvard quantifying long-term testosterone outcomes in its 3,400-player cohort.

— Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026

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