adjusted
Example Sentences
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But the $10 million wasn’t adjusted annually, and over the next 15 years its value was eroded by a cumulative 49% inflation rate.
From Barron's
Instead of treating these stellar explosions as having one standard brightness, they adjusted for the ages of the galaxies they came from and worked out how bright the supernovas really were.
From BBC
For this to work, each laser must be adjusted with extreme precision, sometimes to within billionths of a percent.
From Science Daily
The sensitivity of the claw arms is adjusted by operators "based on the cost of the prizes and revenue targets", Shigihara said.
From Barron's
Initial jobless claims — the number of people who apply for unemployment benefits — fell by 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 214,000 in the seven days that ended Dec. 20, the government said Wednesday.
From MarketWatch
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