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Freed from all the entanglements that come with having to launch a ground invasion, air war can overfly not just morality and law but arguments, rationales, the calibration of risks to rewards and of suffering to satisfaction.
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Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
Clothing becomes less about costume and more about calibration.
—Essence, 1 Apr. 2026
Puppeteering at that level involved not only physical choreography but precise breath calibration — Katharine Hepburn was an inspiration — to bring audio and visual personality to a complex set of steel rods, a fiberglass shell, and animatronic fingers.
—Emma Forgione, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
The problem with Rogue Machine’s production is one of calibration.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
Clothing becomes less about costume and more about calibration.
—Essence, 1 Apr. 2026
Puppeteering at that level involved not only physical choreography but precise breath calibration — Katharine Hepburn was an inspiration — to bring audio and visual personality to a complex set of steel rods, a fiberglass shell, and animatronic fingers.
—Emma Forgione, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
The problem with Rogue Machine’s production is one of calibration.
—Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calibration
measurement
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To identify the hydrogenobody—and confirm its role in methane production—the new study’s authors combined genetic analyses of hundreds of rumen ciliate genomes with detailed imaging of the microbes, as well as real-life methane measurements from dairy cows.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
30 Apr. 2026
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Ghio’s letter goes on, recalling the Office of the Child Advocate’s ongoing recommendations that DCF adopt assessments, quality assurance measurements and data publication, each tied to a report on the death of a new child under DCF care.—
Kaitlin McCallum,
Hartford Courant,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Calibration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calibration. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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