adjust
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For the clearest view, choose a dark location with an open horizon, remain outside as the night progresses, and allow about 30 minutes for your eyes to adjust to the darkness.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
Jerry Brown signed into law a first-in-the-nation plan to gradually boost the state’s hourly minimum wage to $15 an hour, then adjust the wage annually based on inflation starting in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Starbucks reached 99% product availability last quarter by allowing stores to adjust algorithm-based food ordering forecasts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Players are surely needing time to adjust to the new style of play.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
He set out to cherry-pick the absolute worst ones, and was a bit worried that the investment banks would catch on to just how much he knew about specific mortgage bonds, and adjust their prices.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Deliveries are expected to fall between 3% and 7% on year from a previous forecast of flat unit deliveries, as the company adjusts expectations for the weakening Chinese market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
A momentum stock strategy is one that periodically adjusts toward stocks that have risen the most over the previous year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
The company builds an AI-powered "personal sweat index" for users that adjusts the expected results based on factors like their demographic background and the ambient temperature.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Rather than relying on external electronics, converters, or batteries, the electrolyzer adjusts its electrical characteristics through its own thermal and impedance properties.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026
He makes me walk, he adjusts, he makes me walk, he adjusts...and when he’s finally done, he smiles at me.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
For the second quarter, adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization after leases—a closely watched profitability metric in the industry—increased to 11.82 billion euros from 11 billion euros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Analysts see first-quarter adjusted earnings of $44.72 a share and revenue of $10.82 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Block also raised its full-year expectations, as management now calls for $12.51 billion in gross profit and $4.02 in adjusted earnings per share.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The company posted adjusted earnings per share of 8 cents, surpassing the 4 cents projected by Wall Street.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
He asked for the lighting to be adjusted so that it wouldn’t cast a shadow on the board.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
How the star defensive end is adjusting to his surroundings with the Rams and the high expectations placed on him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Earlier efforts to improve the plasticity of CoAl focused on changing its composition, adjusting its microstructure, or combining it with other materials.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 31, 2026
She was adjusting to a new country, new culture, and a loneliness that came from being far from the sounds and language she understood.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Even adjusting for inflation, that’s the highest figure for any team since at least 2000, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of payroll figures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
He gets up and backs away, adjusting his clothing.
From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali
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