adjustments

plural of adjustment
as in adaptations
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 Specific schools were evaluated based on building capacity, age and condition, future maintenance costs, transportation, location, potential boundary adjustments and school programs. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026 On Tuesday, Freeman talked about a plan for day-to-day work this week, to make the adjustments in his swing to restore the production. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Work doesn’t rely on constant adjustments or individual heroics to stay on track. — Angela Palo, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 During the flyby, JUICE came to within 5,370 miles ( 8640 kilometers) of Earth, with careful adjustments made to help the probe avoid colliding with satellites around our planet. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Still, SpaceX made adjustments to the vehicle’s engines to try to stave off such problems, so engineers will likely need to pursue further tweaks. — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026 Those adjustments will be decisions made at the very top of the organization. — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026 Further, while about 4,000 workers across Hartford HealthCare’s hospitals, ambulatory locations, and support functions will benefit from this increase, an additional 4,000 will benefit from compression adjustments, the documents show. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026 Circling back to the upbeat pop and rock of Vacation and the dour synth-pop of Beautiful, this artist seems done twisting to find herself and less prone to the sudden adjustments to her persona that made her catalogue spicy. — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
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Noun
  • So all three of your adaptations have grasped quite the attention before even coming out.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Should Room418 originals be successful, the company is eyeing expansions into film, television, adaptations and experiences.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Hankey will show some birds of prey and discuss their characteristics and adaptions.
    — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
  • Nearly 40% of the adaptions tracked in the report are based on formats that debuted more than 10 years ago, almost doubling the figure from the previous report.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026

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“Adjustments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjustments. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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