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adjusting

ADJECTIVE
compensating
Synonyms




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Are you, for example, comfortable withdrawing 4% from your retirement accounts in the first year and adjusting that rate for inflation in subsequent years?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

After years in cramped cages, two brown bears are adjusting to their new life following a remarkable rescue mission that spanned multiple countries, was disrupted by two major conflicts and involved more than 100 people.

From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026

The estimated premium effect appears with a lag, consistent with insurance prices adjusting after hospital costs change.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

You knew he wasn’t adjusting a word for anybody else, and so he became a real North Star for me about what your attitude should be about your work.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026

Carefully adjusting my veil from time to time so that no one across the aisle could see me—I had a seat to myself, thank God.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger


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