How to Use readjustment in a Sentence

readjustment

noun
  • There has been a readjustment over the past three years.
    Julia Belluz, Vox, 15 June 2018
  • There’ve been changes to the judging and hosting cast, and that’s a tough readjustment.
    Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Long lines and big crowds were a readjustment for many players.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2021
  • But it’s not just about moving the instruments around for a readjustment of the left-right balance.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Hagon stressed that parents would be a crucial part of this readjustment process.
    Brian Platzer, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2021
  • The waistband is thick for a snug, secure fit to nix those mid-workout readjustments.
    Sarah Madaus, SELF, 16 Mar. 2023
  • This sort of readjustment of attention, by the way, is a perfectly fine thing to do.
    Robert Wright, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2017
  • If Curry comes back in three or four weeks, there will be a period of readjustment.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Ushkowitz was among those who departed the show courtesy of that readjustment.
    Staff Author, EW.com, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The readjustment could mean Contra Costa, Napa and Solano counties are able to move too.
    Aidin Vaziri, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Going back into an office, for some of us, will be the biggest readjustment hurdle of all.
    Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2021
  • The skort stayed in place throughout the test, without needing constant readjustment, even on long walks.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Woolard was slightly more optimistic, seeing a bigger readjustment in the cards for later in the year.
    Tristan Bove, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2022
  • Malone did note that his team hasn’t played at home since March 12, however, and hoped the readjustment to the altitude wouldn’t be too severe.
    Jim Owczarski, Journal Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Throughout the day, there was some readjustment required, but that’s because the waistband isn’t meant to be too tight or constricting.
    Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Overall, the hardest shift might be a mental readjustment.
    Bylucy Brewster, Fortune, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The chances, however, for such a logical and passive readjustment by Iran are nil.
    Victor Davis Hanson, National Review, 9 Jan. 2020
  • But there also will be somewhat of a natural readjustment when the Heat again are whole and able to return Max Strus to the bench role that he was supposed to hold this season.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2022
  • In other words, the prospect of having to work, study, and shop online may not require the sort of readjustment in Estonia as many people face elsewhere.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2020
  • If layoffs accelerate in the next few months, a recession–a readjustment to the end of the easy money policies of the past few years–will be underway.
    Murray Sabrin, Fortune, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The film followed the life of one sergeant's deployment, injury, and readjustment after discharge.
    Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 19 Feb. 2014
  • After playing in the same college arena as his sister, the season has been a long-distance readjustment.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Aside from not leaving them alone together, what steps can be taken to get them all through this period of readjustment?
    Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2017
  • Almost two months later, Merda said the biggest readjustment has been dealing with the finances.
    Melissa Pérez-Carrillo, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022
  • Traveling three time zones east, for example, requires just over four days of readjustment, while three time zones west takes a bit less than four, researchers say.
    Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2016
  • On a purely practical level, there’s no more curtain of hair to hide behind or bun readjustment.
    Aya Kanai, Cosmopolitan, 7 Aug. 2017
  • New parenthood takes a lot of work and ongoing readjustment.
    Tracy Brower, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Without an easy market to sell to, parts of the U.S. commodity market have been in price free fall or a period of readjustment, or they’re just broken.
    Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Her mother died in November, 2000, and then Rieker went through a traumatic time of readjustment.
    'sam' Boyer/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 21 Jan. 2018
  • The layoffs at Zoom and elsewhere are indicative of a readjustment in how people are living and working as the pandemic enters its fourth year.
    WIRED, 8 Feb. 2023

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