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modulate

[moj-uh-leyt] / ˈmɒdʒ əˌleɪt /


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“So they are able to modulate their demand.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

"Gravitational waves modulate the quantum field, which in turn affects spontaneous emission," said Jerzy Paczos, a PhD student at Stockholm University.

From Science Daily Apr. 10, 2026

Olsen: How have you come to learn that distinction and how to modulate your performance, like knowing what you can do for a camera versus what you’re doing for the audience?

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2025

Our research has found that public opinion—unlike precision-guided export controls—can be difficult to modulate once unleashed.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 30, 2025

I had almost forgotten that humans can modulate their voices to express the emotion they are feeling.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

Incyte said the acquisition includes Vega’s lead candidate VGA039, which modulates Protein S to improve hemostasis, potentially improving the body’s ability to control bleeding in numerous bleeding disorders.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 8, 2026

Oppenheimer modulates the lighting during the scenes from cool to warm and back again, underlining the vacillating feelings they can’t acknowledge outright.

From New York Times Dec. 5, 2024

"This opens up a new window into how the brain monitors and modulates body physiology," said Dr. Zuker, a professor of biochemistry, molecular biophysics and neuroscience at Columbia's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

From Science Daily May 1, 2024

And if “Killers” miscalibrates its balance of perspectives, it also discovers, in the luminous recesses of Gladstone’s performance, a quality of contemplation that beautifully suffuses and modulates Scorsese’s faster, more frenetic rhythms.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 19, 2023

The EEG recording is simply fed into a gadget that modulates a carrier wave.

From The Electronic Mind Reader by Blaine, John

So far prices have been modulated in financial markets by expectations of an imminent settlement and buffered in the physical market by the drawing down of inventories.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 2, 2026

Aeva’s lidar is a little different from others, using “frequency modulated continuous wave” technology, which means it’s more immune to glare and sunlight and easier to use to calculate the velocity of objects.

From Barron's Feb. 26, 2026

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

“There are ribbons of electromagnetic material in the lining of the bookcases. The strength of those magnets will be modulated by our maglev computer based on the call number you input.”

From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein

The rare combination of off-grain fermentation and column distillation offers yet another lever to pull when it comes to modulating flavor.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

"This next phase focuses not on promises, but on carefully determining whether modulating this pathway is safe, feasible, and ultimately meaningful for human disease."

From Science Daily May 26, 2026

I support having some way of modulating that asymmetry, such as through rent stabilization.

From Barron's Apr. 7, 2026

In his eighty-fourth year, Ringo handles the vocals with impressive skill, modulating his drawl for maximum effect.

From Salon Jan. 10, 2025

He had been dancing about the stage, waving his spear, modulating his voice, and now suddenly he became still, and lowered his voice.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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