modulate

Zips were used to modulate the length of skirts, they ran across leather jackets and down a flared blue pair of trousers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

“So they are able to modulate their demand.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

"Uncovering these mechanisms will help us better understand how nighttime physiology and sex-specific factors modulate caffeine's effects."

From Science Daily ● Mar. 31, 2026

Other advantages include no launching device, the ability to modulate the beam's intensity, and unlimited "ammunition."

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

She said nothing, but used her hands to modulate Mammachi’s fury, to stoke it anew.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

"GAE is a whole new treatment regimen that targets abnormal hypervascularity around the joint and, in turn, modulates the pathological neurovascular environment," Dr. Fleckenstein said.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 17, 2026

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

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

The highest literature is that which suggests life itself, and a living man has a beaming eye, a smiling face, a moving body, and a voice that modulates with every change in idea and feeling.

From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by S. S. (Samuel Silas) Curry

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

With a combined 650 lb-ft of torque on tap, the Vistiq moves with serene authority through daily traffic, temperate and precisely modulated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 1, 2026

It was a carefully modulated message in an area in which she has a double-digit advantage over Trump.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2024

I’m sure we modulated on set and that editorial choices were made to shade it, but everyone knew the target.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2024

Her voice was rich, modulated, each word pronounced as if she were inventing it.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

"Unlike gene re-expression strategies, SLC6A20 inhibition works by modulating endogenous signaling pathways and may offer a more practical therapeutic route," said Director Eunjoon Kim.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 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

“It is for sure playing some role in modulating H5N1 disease in humans,” he said, but was unlikely the only factor.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 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