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adjustment

[uh-juhst-muhnt] / əˈdʒʌst mənt /




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He’s confident his speed and strength will make it a smooth adjustment.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

And I also appreciate users’ impatience with glass-cockpit style environments and the numb tapping required for the most routine adjustment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Another adjustment thing is hearing them pour back into me too.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Social Security’s cost-of-living adjustment could be between 3.2% and 3.6% in 2027, adding at least $67 a month to the average retiree benefit amid cooling inflation.

From MarketWatch Aug. 12, 2026

And about then she found an adjustment being made in her mind, as the word creatures became the word people.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

But they still had questions, like how open was he going to be to diving into adjustments with their staff?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

Speaking in front of about 10,000 workers at VW's Wolfsburg factory, CEO Oliver Blume said it was likely that "about half of the adjustments required would fall in Germany".

From Barron's Aug. 25, 2026

The company said pensions, healthcare coverage, cost-of-living wage adjustments and other benefits in the 2021 contract would have remained unchanged under the extension.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

For that to happen, it would require fundamental policy adjustments, like decreasing the size of the federal budget deficit, to address investors’ concerns in a more sustainable way.

From MarketWatch Aug. 19, 2026

Vinny ran over to Coach, and after they talked, they made some adjustments to the line.

From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely




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