modulate
Example Sentences
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Other advantages include no launching device, the ability to modulate the beam's intensity, and unlimited "ammunition."
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 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
“What I’m trying to do is facilitate some kind of a conversation, to use their cues to modulate how much sarcasm I use,” says Bonfil.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025
Some of these regulatory sequences, called 'enhancers', work like dimmer switches used to modulate the light in our living room.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024
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
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.