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readjust

[ree-uh-juhst] / ˌri əˈdʒʌst /


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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

After that there would be new rounds of negotiations to readjust cuts every two years.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

As for Contreras, he is scheduled to start again for Blessed Trinity next Tuesday, leaving him in the unusual position of needing to readjust to regular old high-school baseball after pitching against MLB All-Stars.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

“It makes sense for Asian markets—and all markets—to readjust because we are now in a level of uncertainty I can’t remember seeing—and that is greater than during Covid,” Gave said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026

He puts an arm around my waist and slips the other one under my knees to readjust me so he’s cradling me like a baby.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

Here are some of the things to watch as the oil market readjusts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 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

The tubing running from the oxygen tank behind him to his nose jostles around and he readjusts it, setting it back in its proper place.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

After Thursday’s labor print came in weaker than expected, traders readjusted their Fed forecasts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

By the time they finally readjusted, and dropped deeper in the second half, the damage had been done, as Match of the Day pundit Thomas Hitzlsperger noted.

From BBC ● Feb. 18, 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

But with Fain’s election and the new contracts, the union has “cured or readjusted all of that rhetoric,” Wheaton said.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 17, 2023

Joaquin set his fork down and readjusted his napkin.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

The market might not be imploding so much as readjusting as the tech industry succumbs to more realistic expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

In light of the still-ongoing backlash, one may reasonably wonder whether Sony made a severe miscalculation here, and whether it may end up listening to the fans and readjusting accordingly.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

I think we just need a little bit of readjusting towards the middle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 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

It fluttered the skirts of the two women and kept them for a while engaged in adjusting, readjusting, tucking in, securing hair-pins and hatpins.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin


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