readjustment

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The story “Soldier’s Home” reveals a young man’s difficult readjustment to civilian life, his parents’ pressure as he returns from the war and his rejection of their conventional values.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

He gets rescued and they kind of time jump; they just go right past the period of readjustment.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2025

At Headingley, former skipper Anthony McGrath is now in charge, but a period of readjustment can be expected.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2025

Some will never return -– members of Parliament who are retiring or who lose their seats on July 4 face an abrupt readjustment to life outside politics.

From Seattle Times • May 24, 2024

By the late 1940s, Monod had discovered that the kink was the result of a metabolic readjustment.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee