adjustment
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The Social Security cost-of-living adjustment could be 4.7% in 2027 — up from 2.8% this year — with inflation now at the highest level in three years.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Defensively, though, they haven’t made much of an adjustment.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026
"That simple adjustment was enough to reverse anxiety-related and social deficit behaviors, which is remarkable," says Álvaro García, first author of the study.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
The Social Security Administration increased its cost-of-living adjustment by 5.9% in 2021, and 8.7% in 2022.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
I learned much later to worship her, just as I learned to delight in cleanliness, knowing, even as I learned, that the change was adjustment without improvement.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
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