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modulate

[moj-uh-leyt] / ˈmɒdʒ əˌleɪt /


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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

Given the capacity to control autonomic functions, modulate brain waves, run cells, why shouldn’t it be possible to employ exactly the same technology to go in precisely the opposite direction?

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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

For example, the current device modulates every waveguide in the same manner, so they are working to achieve independent control on each waveguide.

From Science Daily Mar. 4, 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 body generates its own heat and modulates to suit climate and season.

From Philosophy of Osteopathy by A. T. (Andrew Taylor) Still

The brakes have good stopping power and the pedal effort is easily modulated.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 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

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

“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

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

“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




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