adjust
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Researchers can adjust factors such as gravity, density, and material strength to see how different types of impacts unfold.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
The 4% rule states you can make an initial 4% withdrawal from your investments and then adjust that amount for inflation each year thereafter, and have enough money for about 30 years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
"We need to examine whether the protocol is still appropriate and how we might want to adjust it."
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“The beauty of that is that a student almost has a one-on-one tutor,” McMahon said, explaining that AI programs can adjust instruction based on how quickly individual students are learning.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
I adjust my guitar strap and do a mic check.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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
A momentum stock strategy is one that periodically adjusts toward stocks that have risen the most over the previous year.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
The Nasdaq adjusts index weights by a company’s so-called free-float, or the number of shares available to trade publicly, capping the weight at three times a company’s float-adjusted market capitalization.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 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
He adjusts his arms, checks his foil grip.
From "Black Brother, Black Brother" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
The transaction is expected to be roughly 35% accretive to adjusted per-share earnings next year, inclusive of about $280 million in anticipated net expense synergies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Wall Street modeled adjusted earnings of $10.07 a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Smucker also raised its full-year adjusted earnings outlook to $10.50 to $11 a share, up from a prior forecast of $9.75 to $10.25 a share.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Quarterly adjusted earnings of $4.17 a share, were well ahead of the $1.99 a share that analysts polled by FactSet had expected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
I adjusted my tie and asked her how I looked.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
After four years, you are clearly still adjusting to this new normal.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
It said insured wildfire losses had risen by 8-11 percent per year in Europe since 1970 after adjusting for inflation and other factors.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
The researchers examined these differences further by adjusting the applied voltage and oxygen concentration.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
"It was quite hard work, adjusting to life on the farm, we also had the worst winter that year when we moved back, I don't think it stopped raining for about four months," Joe said.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
It stopped so quickly that Jam had trouble adjusting, her feet tripping over each other and Pet holding her steady.
From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi
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