adjusting

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Container-shipping companies “are adjusting their operation, they cannot wait,” said Antonella Teodoro, an economist and analyst at freight and logistics consulting firm MDS Transmodal.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Sokoloff said he doesn’t expect exits to pick up anytime soon given the industry’s resistance to adjusting investment values, the so-called marks or “mark-to-market” estimates.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Engineers will later process the flyby images by adjusting brightness and contrast, and they expect to create a time-lapse sequence of the event in the weeks ahead.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

By the end of the fittings, Hallyday had recut and resewn all three pieces several times, adjusting shades of white, reworking the skirt’s fabrics and refining the jacket’s cut, which was her biggest challenge.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

My aunts stand and prepare to leave, adjusting the shawls around their faces again.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar