modulate
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Olsen: Over the course of the series, how did you modulate how crazy to seem?
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
“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
Other advantages include no launching device, the ability to modulate the beam's intensity, and unlimited "ammunition."
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
They’d arrived at an uneasy truce—Mamma didn’t have to modulate her tone if Dimple didn’t have to drop everything and rush to her aid for saffron emergencies.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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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
"Ketogenic diet modulates gut microbiota-brain metabolite axis in a sex-and genotype-specific manner in APOE4 mice" was published in the Journal of Neurochemistry.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2025
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
That’s the focus of a new study, “Reining in regret: emotion regulation modulates regret in decision making,” co-authored by Temple University’s Crystal Reeck and Kevin LaBar, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
And, if Phil., as to the general movement of his Protestant pleadings, modulates too little in the transcendental key, sometimes he does so too much.
From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by Thomas De Quincey
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
If, miraculously, the Strait of Hormuz reopens soon, that would be modulated.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 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
His voice was slightly modulated but easy to understand.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
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"Demonstrating that it's possible to treat severe periodontitis by modulating the body's own response is new and relevant information that helps preserve antibiotics for when they are truly indispensable," says Feres.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
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
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
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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