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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 adjustments
How To Prevent Eye Strain Simple adjustments to your habits and work environment can help prevent eye strain.
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 10 Sep. 2025
The key is to let the campaign run through its learning phase before making adjustments.
—Mykola Lukashuk, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Other interventions that have proven to be effective in terms of safeguarding worker health include sufficient hydration and schedule adjustments that allow for adequate breaks during peak heat hours.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 10 Sep. 2025
The Raiders’ adjustments yielded several explosive plays and a 77% offensive success rate against extra rushers.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Knowledge work is even harder to map and is often shaped by thousands of micro adjustments.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
However, after 2 1/2 months of painstaking swing adjustments, Campbell is in a better place.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
These are not minor adjustments but fundamental shifts in the device’s design.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Nearly two-thirds of retirees — 63% — worry that tariffs will push inflation higher than what Social Security cost-of-living adjustments may cover, according to a June Nationwide Retirement Institute survey.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Lindsay Curtis, Health, 10 Sep. 2025
The key is to let the campaign run through its learning phase before making adjustments.
—Mykola Lukashuk, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Other interventions that have proven to be effective in terms of safeguarding worker health include sufficient hydration and schedule adjustments that allow for adequate breaks during peak heat hours.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 10 Sep. 2025
The Raiders’ adjustments yielded several explosive plays and a 77% offensive success rate against extra rushers.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Knowledge work is even harder to map and is often shaped by thousands of micro adjustments.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
However, after 2 1/2 months of painstaking swing adjustments, Campbell is in a better place.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
These are not minor adjustments but fundamental shifts in the device’s design.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Nearly two-thirds of retirees — 63% — worry that tariffs will push inflation higher than what Social Security cost-of-living adjustments may cover, according to a June Nationwide Retirement Institute survey.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjustments
adaptations
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Taiwan Creative Content Fest has revealed its 2025 TCCF Pitching lineup, showcasing a strong emphasis on literary adaptations and cross-border collaborations that reflect the entertainment industry’s increasingly global approach to content development.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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Even brands that have policies around heat adaptations face challenges in ensuring that improvements are applied across all factories.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Adjustments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjustments. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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