as in adaptation
the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation
the publishing industry's necessary adjustment to the age of electronic media
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Recent Examples of adjustment
Correlation doesn’t guarantee causation, but there’s evidence to support the theory that Eldridge typically needs an adjustment period.
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Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The adjustment, at first, was drastic.
—Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Recently, designers also made millimetric adjustments to the best-selling AIRism T-shirt, tweaking the shirt’s inner seams to insure that the neckline would lie flatter, with no bumps.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Carolina couldn’t adjust to the Arizona adjustments.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
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Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The adjustment, at first, was drastic.
—Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
Recently, designers also made millimetric adjustments to the best-selling AIRism T-shirt, tweaking the shirt’s inner seams to insure that the neckline would lie flatter, with no bumps.
—Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Carolina couldn’t adjust to the Arizona adjustments.
—Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjustment
Noun
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As climate adaptation and mitigation climb up corporate priority lists, the agenda of today’s COO is shifting.—
Sophia Mendelsohn,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Deadline just broke news of another Scandi original for SkyShowtime, an adaptation of Johanna Hedman’s bestselling novel ‘The Trio’.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While estimates regarding the scale and type of roles that will be affected vary, the consensus is that AI's impact will be nontrivial and demand adaption.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Birch wrote a second Sally Rooney TV adaption, Conversations with Friends, before becoming the writer and showrunner behind the series reimagining of Dead Ringers.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Adjustment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjustment. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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