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modulation

[moj-uh-ley-shuhn, mod-yuh-] / ˌmɒdʒ əˈleɪ ʃən, ˌmɒd jə- /
NOUN
timbre
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Created for television by Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers, “American Hostage” has something of a modulation problem.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Drake’s bid to soundtrack the warm weather months is “Janice,” which incorporates a bizarre vocal modulation that makes the simple refrain—“beep beep baby”—strangely addictive.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

To achieve this, they combined time-spectrum mapping, compressive spectral imaging and coherent modulation imaging.

From Science Daily Apr. 21, 2026

Here’s to a lifetime of dopamine modulation, I guess.

From Slate Feb. 8, 2026

His voice had taken on an unfamiliar modulation, his delivery slower, the temperature of his entire being much lower.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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