dial

Example Sentences

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"It's just deeply depressing. We're now many years after the Me Too movement and really we just haven't seen the dial change enough on this."

From BBC • May 29, 2026

"We can think of HELZ2 as a kind of dial between the liver and the bloodstream," Dr. Zhang said.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

So Wall Street had plenty of time to dial down its profit estimates.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

"I think a great place to start to dial that back would be to have a conversation with your husband about it," he added, addressing the first lady.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

It could be a bill collector for all I know, and they always get the dial tone.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas