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Pilots could vent buoyant gas, release water carried for ballast or adjust the angle of elevators on the tail, which operated like those on an airplane.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

These receptors help neurons adjust the strength of their connections, a process essential for storing information.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

To mitigate this problem, researchers adjust the data using the demographic data derived from the decennial census, a process that would be impossible without the race and ethnicity question.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

ARMs such as these adjust once a year starting in Year 6.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026

“Pastor and the elders board had to adjust the budget in order to pay for repairs, so they let me go.”

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas

Cesci Burgoyne, a nurse based in Sydney, Australia who is also a qualified personal trainer and nutritionist, adjusts her training depending on how she feels in her cycle.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

All eyes have been on Justin Herbert this offseason as he adjusts to Mike McDaniel’s new-look offense.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

ARMs have a fixed, typically lower mortgage rate for the first three, five or seven years, after which the rate adjusts regularly.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

She pulls a hand-held camera from her purse, adjusts her soft curls, and applies a fresh coat of lip gloss.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026

But she just sits there, silently watching as Vanessa adjusts her trademark racing glasses, rolls her shoulders and neck, shakes out her legs, and finally gets down in the blocks.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

Researchers then adjusted the voltage until the electrostatic effect exactly balanced the gravitational effect, preventing the torsion balance from turning.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

Previous crude-oil shocks since World War II often preceded U.S. recessions, in part because monetary policy adjusted and tightened financial conditions to help control inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 20, 2026

Yeti also backed the fiscal 2026 outlook it provided last month, guiding for sales growth of 7% to 8% on adjusted earnings per share of $2.94 to $3 for this year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Wholesale sales rose 0.3% from the month before to a seasonally adjusted 93.09 billion Canadian dollars, the equivalent of US$66.96 billion, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

She adjusted her hat, but the brim came off in her hand.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Roman carried out its first burn on Aug. 31, adjusting its path toward the observatory's eventual orbit.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

But they estimated those trends represented a roughly 8% drop from the same period in 2023, after adjusting for a password-sharing crackdown and geographical mix.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

The lawsuit alleges people wearing the smart glasses were unwittingly transmitting data to Meta whenever they used Meta AI by saying “Hey Meta,” or sometimes accidentally when adjusting the glasses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026

As the bond market continues its long summer slump, Wall Street is adjusting its year-end market calls.

From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026

I said, brushing down my dress and adjusting the clip in my hair, which was coming loose.

From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon