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

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

From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026

"It truly is the first time in history that one can modulate activity deep in the brain, centimeters from the scalp, examining subcortical structures with high spatial resolution," Freeman says.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 4, 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

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

The brain modulates visual signals according to internal states, as a new study by LMU neuroscientist Laura Busse reveals.

From Science Daily ● May 17, 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,” Chang continues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2023

If we know anything of the laws of electricity, we must know velocity modulates its temperature.

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

If, miraculously, the Strait of Hormuz reopens soon, that would be modulated.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

Most political and foreign-policy actions can be modulated, corrected or refined over time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2025

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

I have a charcoal-gray pencil skirt that’s hard to walk in despite the kick pleat, and a bat wing sweater, a red one with modulated gray horizontal stripes across it.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

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

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

In his eighty-fourth year, Ringo handles the vocals with impressive skill, modulating his drawl for maximum effect.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 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