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Recent Examples of readjust
Many institutions will struggle to readjust.
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Igor Thiago got his feet mixed up and had to readjust.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Atlas responds to unexpected challenges mid-task, like adjusting when a box lid is closed or repositioning items on the fly – and can readjust itself.
—Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Board members butted heads over whether to recommend a lower rate to commissioners, so that the board could avoid retroactively having to readjust the budget with a new tax rate.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2025
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Igor Thiago got his feet mixed up and had to readjust.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Atlas responds to unexpected challenges mid-task, like adjusting when a box lid is closed or repositioning items on the fly – and can readjust itself.
—Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Board members butted heads over whether to recommend a lower rate to commissioners, so that the board could avoid retroactively having to readjust the budget with a new tax rate.
—Ciara McCarthy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for readjust
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Due to certain inflation adjustments in how Social Security is calculated and how past earnings are adjusted for inflation, the maximum benefit rose to $5,251 per month, totaling over $63,000 annually in 2026.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
30 Jan. 2026
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No court date has been set, and his family is filing a petition to adjust his legal status based on his son’s military service.—
Claudia Boyd-Barrett,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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The series, which was adapted from Liz Moore's novel of the same name, centers on Seyfried's Mickey, a police officer who works in the Philadelphia neighborhood of Kensington at the height of the opioid crisis.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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These are the ones most likely to be adapted for crowd monitoring throughout cities.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
12 Jan. 2026
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In this era, those coaches areexpected to teach their style to new players, or acclimate mid-major talent to the Big Ten, instantly.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
30 Jan. 2026
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Some are planners who start their process before even stepping foot on a plane, while others simply play mind games with themselves to acclimate to the new time, and still others have figured out some pretty creative hacks that work for them.—
Rachel Chang,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Jan. 2026
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One of the bigger changes going forward is that the APA will invite people with a lived experience of a particular diagnosis to sit on the APA’s committees and shape diagnostic descriptions.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
28 Jan. 2026
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This book shaped my understanding and use of folklore as a space of critical fabulation and a tool to examine and relay history through a postcolonial lens.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The body needs the slow ascent to acclimatize.—
Cecilia Vega,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2025
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The colorful lizards are acclimatized for cool mountain places, like the Mules.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
22 Nov. 2025
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Rieder’s comments put him within the then-consensus among economists and even Fed officials who believed inflation would not become a persistent problem.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Collections and designers put their best foot forward, delivering high-caliber collections — some were uplifting, others were thought-provoking, most were both.—
Laure Guilbault,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2026
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But while each guest’s menu is tailored to their needs, the overall ethos is about letting the fresh ingredients do most of the work.—
Annie Daly,
SELF,
28 Jan. 2026
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Experiences Beyond dining and sleeping, Fowlescombe offers daily experiences tailored to each stay—such as farm tours, yoga in the greenhouse, breadmaking, floristry, foraging walks or stargazing–designed to deepen connection with the land and the rhythms of the season.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The official investigators of the deaths during the infamous riot were under intense and explicit pressure to conform their testimony to an official, state-exonerating narrative.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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Why the Deadline Was Extended Again Although the particular provisions were temporary and, in many cases, optional, plans and IRA providers that implemented them are required to adopt conforming amendments to their governing documents.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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