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modulate

[moj-uh-leyt] / ˈmɒdʒ əˌleɪt /


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Olsen: Over the course of the series, how did you modulate how crazy to seem?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

Other advantages include no launching device, the ability to modulate the beam's intensity, and unlimited "ammunition."

From Barron's Mar. 16, 2026

"It truly is the first time in history that one can modulate activity deep in the brain, centimeters from the scalp, examining subcortical structures with high spatial resolution," Freeman says.

From Science Daily Feb. 4, 2026

Our research has found that public opinion—unlike precision-guided export controls—can be difficult to modulate once unleashed.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 30, 2025

They’d arrived at an uneasy truce—Mamma didn’t have to modulate her tone if Dimple didn’t have to drop everything and rush to her aid for saffron emergencies.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Incyte said the acquisition includes Vega’s lead candidate VGA039, which modulates Protein S to improve hemostasis, potentially improving the body’s ability to control bleeding in numerous bleeding disorders.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

Oppenheimer modulates the lighting during the scenes from cool to warm and back again, underlining the vacillating feelings they can’t acknowledge outright.

From New York Times Dec. 5, 2024

The brain modulates visual signals according to internal states, as a new study by LMU neuroscientist Laura Busse reveals.

From Science Daily May 17, 2024

She looked up the meaning, “and I was like” — here the rapper notorious for her purring timbre modulates her voice to a humble higher pitch — “thank you.”

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 12, 2023

The song sparrow modulates its simple ditty as softly as the lining of its own nest.

From Birds and Poets : with Other Papers by John Burroughs

So far prices have been modulated in financial markets by expectations of an imminent settlement and buffered in the physical market by the drawing down of inventories.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

If, miraculously, the Strait of Hormuz reopens soon, that would be modulated.

From Barron's Apr. 7, 2026

Wodehouse never exhausted the counterpoint between Bertie’s slangy gibbering and half-remembered literary allusions with Jeeves’ carefully modulated responses: “Very well, Jeeves, you agree with me that the situation is a lulu?”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 18, 2025

It was a carefully modulated message in an area in which she has a double-digit advantage over Trump.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2024

If you find that the chord progression in a piece of music suddenly contains many chords that you would not expect in that key, it may be that the piece has modulated.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

"This next phase focuses not on promises, but on carefully determining whether modulating this pathway is safe, feasible, and ultimately meaningful for human disease."

From Science Daily May 26, 2026

I support having some way of modulating that asymmetry, such as through rent stabilization.

From Barron's Apr. 7, 2026

The facilities will operate as what the companies on Monday called flexible energy assets, supporting power grids by modulating consumption and leveraging on-site generation and storage.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

In his eighty-fourth year, Ringo handles the vocals with impressive skill, modulating his drawl for maximum effect.

From Salon Jan. 10, 2025

He had been dancing about the stage, waving his spear, modulating his voice, and now suddenly he became still, and lowered his voice.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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