adjust
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“Let’s go get David Beckham,” commissioner Don Garber said, “and adjust our rules.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
“Now we’ve got the internet. Technology advances, and you just have to adjust to it.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
It’s more difficult for a fund to adjust exposure to private firms as the fund’s size increases, which can dilute the weighting of exposure to SpaceX.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Players and referees will need to adjust to several new rules being rolled out at the World Cup, including teams being required to make substitutions inside 10 seconds to prevent time-wasting.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
It came as an unspeakable relief to see that my clothes were undisturbed, but that respite lasted only as long as it took for my eyes to adjust to the darkness.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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