adjust
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Over the next three months, Roman will deploy its antenna, adjust its course, and power on its two instruments: JPL’s planet hunter and a night-sky surveyor called the Wide Field Instrument.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026
For millennia, people have transformed landscapes, forcing wildlife to adjust to cities, farms, roads, and other human activity.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
They learn to make a pitch, hear no, adjust and try again.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
His parents had made a tough decision to abandon everything they knew to adapt to a changing world, and now it was Golesh’s turn to adjust to football’s shifting landscape.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Well, didn’t you skip ahead a grade this year? That’s a lot for a student to adjust to. And no school year is ever perfect. No person is ever perfect.”
From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce
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All eyes have been on Justin Herbert this offseason as he adjusts to Mike McDaniel’s new-look offense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
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
ARMs have a fixed, typically lower mortgage rate for the first three, five or seven years, after which the rate adjusts regularly.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 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
She adjusts her thick black-framed glasses over her very freckle-specked nose.
From "A Bird Will Soar" by Alison Green Myers
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Brook adjusted his game to the situation before he was out for 34, superbly caught up to the stumps by wicketkeeper Muhammad Rizwan.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Researchers adjusted calorie intake for each person so that participants in all three groups would lose about 10% of their body weight.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026
He adjusted to the pass rush by scrambling up the middle for gains of 11 and 15 yards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
Stripping out certain one-time items, adjusted earnings were 94 cents a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
I’m glad that you children have adjusted to life with your new father and are participating in family activities.”
From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket
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Admitting to being starstruck in the locker room at Roland Garros by the likes of Alexander Zverev, Samuel is slowly adjusting to his new surroundings.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
For centuries the finest medical minds harped on attuning a balance among the four humors—sanguine, choleric, melancholic and phlegmatic—in tender young constitutions by adjusting the proportions of hot-cold and moist-dry elements in the diet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
Study author Associate Professor Alexander Larcombe said the results indicate that the body may already be adjusting to changes in the composition of the atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026
Looking ahead: “There are few signs that consumer spending is wavering,” said chief economist Richard Moody of Regions Financial, “even adjusting for the effects of higher prices.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Clare picked his way across the clearing, adjusting his hood to shroud his face.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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