In the paper reporting their discovery, the astronomers discuss the probable implications with carefully calibrated language that still doesn't hide their excitement.
It takes a particular skill to make Mr. Pierce's precisely calibrated language feel as natural — and, yes, at times as maddening — as it does in real life.
The stories, presented in chronological order, grow longer and messier until, as Jhumpa Lahiri writes in her introduction, they "convey, in perfectly calibrated language, the inexplicable untidiness of life".
The N.R.A. news conference was an unusual Washington event both in tone and substance, as Mr. LaPierre avoided the hedged, carefully calibrated language that political figures usually prefer, and instead let loose with a torrid attack on the N.R.A.'s accusers.
President Clinton threw out years of carefully calibrated language concerning China and Taiwan when he visited the mainland in 1998 and adopted Beijing's verbiage about Taiwan, saying, "We don't support independence for Taiwan; or two Chinas; or one Taiwan, one China.
In the post-primary phase, he also needs to calibrate his language on Mr. Obama and appeal to the moderates and independents — particularly women — who will be crucial in deciding the election and whose opinions of Mr. Obama differ from those of Republican loyalists.
When you think about your product, constantly calibrate your language.
At points she even caves in to pressure from enemies by suggesting in a televised address, using carefully calibrated Clintonian language, that the hand of God may be at work.
It didn't jibe with my sense of how the Japanese typically communicate: calibrating their language to avoid offense and bending over backward to take the feelings of others into account.
By Benjamin Wallace-Wells March 22, 2016 As soldiers patrolled the streets of Brussels after Tuesday's terrorist attacks in the Belgian capital, American Presidential campaigns calibrated their language on national — and international — defense.
