adjusting

Example Sentences

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Today’s oil prices, adjusting for inflation, are more than 15% below their peak four years ago, indicating that markets worked then and are working now.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

"By simply adjusting the lasers, we can access kinds of entangled states that no one had thought about before."

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

And aside from the great opportunities that come with doing the press or other things that come along with this, what has it been like adjusting your life to this experience?

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Many try to keep cool by covering their heads, drinking salted water or adjusting work hours to avoid the harshest afternoon sun - but such measures offer only limited relief.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Mom rubbed Ivy’s back, but her touch was uneven because she kept moving around and adjusting Evan while she nursed.

From "Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World" by Ashley Herring Blake