modulate
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“So they are able to modulate their demand.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026
"Our research presents a clear case that specific brain pathways can be directly targeted to modulate sensory pain," said Ball.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 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
It included a list of specimen arguments, explained how an audience could be swayed, and discussed everything from how to discredit a hostile witness to how best to modulate your voice when speaking.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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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
The CD300f receptor is a protein expressed by immune system cells that modulates cell metabolism and inflammation.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2023
She looked up the meaning, “and I was like” — here the rapper notorious for her purring timbre modulates her voice to a humble higher pitch — “thank you.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
It is a question whether Leo Ornstein modulates.
From The Merry-Go-Round by Van Vechten, Carl
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
"Having observed 3D genome alterations across cancers, including leukemia and brain tumors, our next aim is to explore how these structures can be precisely targeted and modulated using drugs such as epigenetic inhibitors," Yue said.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 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
“Good evening!” he says with that perfectly modulated voice that announcers seem to be born with.
From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper
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Everyone is kind of modulating their behavior based on how they are appearing out of body.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
I support having some way of modulating that asymmetry, such as through rent stabilization.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
The facilities will operate as what the companies on Monday called flexible energy assets, supporting power grids by modulating consumption and leveraging on-site generation and storage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
"This study adds to emerging evidence that vaccines could play a role in promoting healthy aging by modulating biological systems beyond infection prevention," she said.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 26, 2026
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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