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readjust

[ree-uh-juhst] / ˌri əˈdʒʌst /


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What followed were weeks of rehab and therapy as he tried to readjust to life back home in Ukraine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

Dr Phil Hopkins, intensive care consultant at King's, says feeling the natural elements is part of helping patients readjust when they've been "ripped from their reality" and institutionalised in hospital.

From BBC ● May 29, 2026

The Lakers have used 16 different starting lineups in 29 games and have to readjust their rotation again in Reaves’ absence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 27, 2025

If that happens, investors must buy the stock at those put strikes, or readjust the position with some trading.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

As I tried to readjust my body, I knocked Dr. Begbie’s clipboard off my lap and into the crook of my left arm.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken

“The system” readjusts itself so it can always work in some rough way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026

Strategic petroleum reserves designed to calm markets after a major supply shock may remain unused because the market calms and readjusts on its own.

From Barron's ● Nov. 20, 2025

The little help he’s able to offer when he readjusts a fallen flag makes his day.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2024

As he readjusts his pyjamas, his left hand reveals three missing fingers.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2023

Auguste's mother, Duchesse Georgiana, readjusts the crown on Charlotte's head and admires the glittering scepter in her lap.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

In September, his rate readjusted and would have brought his monthly payment up from around $4,000 to almost $6,500.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

But at the same time the Treasury has readjusted the rateable values of commercial property, meaning some businesses will be faced with bigger bills overall.

From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026

But that history is constantly being readjusted and reconfigured depending on the narrator’s state of mind and the different versions they’re confronted with when they bump up against other people’s memories and narratives.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2025

Most other income-driven repayment plans, where payments are readjusted each year based on earnings and household size, forgive any remaining balance after a set number of years, usually 20.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

Annabeth readjusted his cap so it covered his horns.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

Adjustable-rate mortgages offer a lower fixed rate for a period of time—usually between three and 10 years—before readjusting to whatever rates are at the time that period ends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

“Investors are readjusting their risk budget right now in a risk-off mood on Friday, and that the AI momentum is now becoming AI anxiety,” said Brian Mulberry, chief market strategist at Zacks Investment Management.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026

Current economic policymakers could "hardly guide the work of readjusting the country's industry as a whole and upgrading it technologically", Kim warned.

From Barron's ● Jan. 20, 2026

I assume a third timeline, at some point, would touch on readjusting to life after the rescue.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

“If you’d stop readjusting the facts quite as much,” Eilonwy said, “perhaps you wouldn’t have that trouble with the harp.”

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander


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