as in to adapt
to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation
after going on the night shift, he found it difficult to adjust his sleep schedule adjust the amount of sugar in the recipe to your taste
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Recent Examples of adjust
While some tariffs have been paused or adjusted since early April, many remain in effect.
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Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2025
Pilots, dispatchers and flight planning systems can access this live data to adjust routes in real time.
—Jim Foerster, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Harris will also give first-round pick Omarion Hampton time to adjust to the NFL game, if Hampton needs it.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 20 May 2025
As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
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Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 21 May 2025
Pilots, dispatchers and flight planning systems can access this live data to adjust routes in real time.
—Jim Foerster, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Harris will also give first-round pick Omarion Hampton time to adjust to the NFL game, if Hampton needs it.
—Daniel Popper, New York Times, 20 May 2025
As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.
—Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjust
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Excerpt adapted from Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI, by Karen Hao.—
Karen Hao,
Wired News,
21 May 2025
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The Prom Queen, meanwhile, is adapted from Stine's 1992 book of the same name, which was the 15th installment in the original Fear Street series.—
Jen Juneau,
People.com,
21 May 2025
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Rather than having a fitness room with a few treadmills and weights, complexes will have pickleball courts, yoga studios, saunas, weight rooms and tracks, spread across multiple floors and tailored to different needs.—
Caleb McCullough,
Chicago Tribune,
25 May 2025
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With the entire city in play, artists and locations could be specifically tailored to each other.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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Due to its enormous economy and population, automakers have conformed to California’s rules.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Many of these clothes are displayed on models whose bodies conform to (and are sometimes edited to promote) hyper-idealized body standards.—
Lila Shroff,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
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Trump was given 10 days to put the injunction into effect, per the order accompanying the ruling.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
30 May 2025
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Moira puts Morck in charge of the initiative, sending him down to a glorified bathroom in a subbasement, providing no additional resources and moving the budget into other underserved departments.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
29 May 2025
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Also noteworthy was the natural, human-centric approach to the user interface, with the AI agent interacting in a warm conversational tone and doing so in a regional accent selected to suit the location being called.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Here are six other emerging hubs, with yachts best suited to explore each region.—
Julia Zaltzman,
Robb Report,
30 May 2025
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“Adjust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjust. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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