modulated
Example Sentences
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If, miraculously, the Strait of Hormuz reopens soon, that would be modulated.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Most political and foreign-policy actions can be modulated, corrected or refined over time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025
Wodehouse never exhausted the counterpoint between Bertie’s slangy gibbering and half-remembered literary allusions with Jeeves’ carefully modulated responses: “Very well, Jeeves, you agree with me that the situation is a lulu?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 18, 2025
It was a carefully modulated message in an area in which she has a double-digit advantage over Trump.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2024
Then her voice modulated back to a comforting purr.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
