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adjusting

ADJECTIVE
compensating
Synonyms




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But he also gives credit to Powell for adjusting policy relatively quickly, increasing the federal-funds target from near zero starting in 2022 to over 5% by mid-2023.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

The system will monitor conditions continuously, rerouting, rebooking and adjusting everything so that the traveler never has to make a call or chase a refund.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Container-shipping companies “are adjusting their operation, they cannot wait,” said Antonella Teodoro, an economist and analyst at freight and logistics consulting firm MDS Transmodal.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

Engineers will later process the flyby images by adjusting brightness and contrast, and they expect to create a time-lapse sequence of the event in the weeks ahead.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

All that afternoon Stuart worked on the canoe, adjusting ballast, filling seams, and getting everything shipshape for the morrow.

From "Stuart Little" by E.B. White




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