variants
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Recent Examples of caliber
While the prevailing theme for the Kansas City Chiefs during the 2026 NFL Draft was infusing the defense with starting-caliber talent, their final seventh-round selection shouldn’t be overlooked.
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Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
Pittsburgh is a playoff-caliber club with a veteran coach familiar to Rodgers that runs a system Rodgers knows.
—Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
While the seven-round draft feels exhaustive each year, the truth is good prospects, even Hall of Fame caliber ones, can slip through.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Most fans understand that the need for more professional-caliber resources wasn’t going to be met under Mohegan Tribe ownership, but there is deep frustration over the Sun’s relocation out of New England.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
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Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2026
Pittsburgh is a playoff-caliber club with a veteran coach familiar to Rodgers that runs a system Rodgers knows.
—Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
While the seven-round draft feels exhaustive each year, the truth is good prospects, even Hall of Fame caliber ones, can slip through.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Most fans understand that the need for more professional-caliber resources wasn’t going to be met under Mohegan Tribe ownership, but there is deep frustration over the Sun’s relocation out of New England.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for caliber
Noun
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His physical attributes caught the attention of the Ravens’ front office and scouts, but his relationship with Heap helped drive his quality of character home.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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On Day 3, Moore could be a quality two-in-one investment.—
Joe Buscaglia,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But, curiously, participants had the highest solve rate when the puzzles appeared in ordinary dreams, not lucid ones.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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For example, through the department’s Civil Rights Data Collection, Cohen and Smith Richards were able to determine that a special-education district in Illinois had the highest rate of student arrests of any school in the country.—
Charles Ornstein,
ProPublica,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Caliber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caliber. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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