Forms and tooling for composites are a big one in the aerospace world. Keeps dimensional stability better through autoclave cycles.
For precision instruments you probably want devices that have exactly the same modulus of expansion as what you are cutting. So that 0.15m is always 0.15m no matter the temperature of the factory.
For molds you would want the outer mold to shrink slower than the molded material, but would you perhaps not want an inner mold to shrink faster? So that the material pulls away from both as it cures/cools (I'm asking, I don't know)?