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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  • Now, the camera behind the windshield needs to be calibrated, said Ariella Czeisler, Ralph’s daughter who also works in the shop.
    — Robert Ferris, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Aggregate data can obscure radically different labor market realities, and monetary policy calibrated only to the aggregate can miss the productive capacity sitting beneath it.
    — Katica Roy, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of calibrated
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  • The bonds quickly fell as investors weighed challenges facing the economically sensitive movie and television businesses, including cord cutting and advertising pressure.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The calculus echoes comments from Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang last month, who similarly argued that AI’s harms should be weighed against the benefits the technology can bring.
    — Robert Hart, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of weighed
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  • Only 44% of adults ages 18 to 29 describe themselves as thriving, according to Gallup, 20 points lower than the high measured in 2010.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Participants in the study were given meals containing the same amount and type of carbohydrates, and researchers measured their blood glucose after eating.
    — Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of measured
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  • Decades ago, Grandma’s Marathon, held in Minnesota every June, actually quantified and shared the impact of their strategies to reduce runner morbidity.
    — Vibhu Krishna, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Only 2 percent of global investments have gone to circular businesses, according to estimates in the Circularity Gap Report Finance in 2025, the world’s first empirical study that quantified the financial streams to circular business models.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of quantified
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“Calipered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calipered. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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