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After playing the Illini, the Terps travel to Wisconsin, another contest that will calibrate hopes for how well Maryland might fare in the Big Ten.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022

The senior U.S. officials said the government will calibrate sanctions based on concrete outcomes at the negotiations and would reimpose them in the event of backsliding in the dialogue process.

From Seattle Times • May 17, 2022

This summer, they will calibrate it with a sample of krypton-83, which emits electrons of a fixed energy.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 29, 2017

It’s possible that we will calibrate things wrongly, and skate past the point where conservative care becomes inadequate care.

From The New Yorker • May 4, 2015

But if a standard barometer is not available, the instrument, if accurately constructed, will calibrate itself.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.