as in adjustment
the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation
the acclimatization of the immigrants to the culture of their adopted homeland has proven to be unexpectedly difficult
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Noun
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After September’s move, Kalshi traders quickly repriced the rest of 2025, concentrating on a two-cut scenario (October and December) and leaving a tail for only one more cut or, less likely, a larger November–December adjustment.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
29 Oct. 2025 -
These price adjustments are meant to keep deliveries moving smoothly during the high-volume months of November and December.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Oct. 2025
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But perhaps her best turn was in both the stage and subsequent television adaptation of Alan Bennett's A Question of Attribution, a play about notorious British art expert and former Soviet agent Sir Anthony Blunt.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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The director is in talks to helm an adaptation of the Dark Horse Comic Last Flight Out.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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This may leave countries to do more in terms of adaption to the changing climate whether or not the shift reaches the most apocalyptic forecasts of climate campaigners.—
Matthew Tostevin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Oct. 2025
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Like many other recent true crime adaptions, the show has nothing to say, and there's zero artistry in its lurid retelling of a man murdering his wife and son.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Acclimatization.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acclimatization. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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