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readjustment

[ree-uh-juhst-muhnt] / ˌri əˈdʒʌst mənt /


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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

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

They had to do a huge readjustment in their understanding of me, so that’s not easy for parents.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

So in mid-April, after about six months of artificial impact winter, the tarps came down, the acid baths stopped and the whitewash was scraped off the glass, an abbreviated version of the Paleogene’s gradual readjustment.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2023

“All is a process of adjustment and readjustment, or else eventual failure.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee