as in adaptation
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 adjustment
Last year, the federal jobs data was revised to show that 818,000 fewer jobs were created in the year ending in March 2024 than previously reported, which was at the time the biggest adjustment in over 10 years.
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Connor Greene, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Pair an attitude adjustment with these activities Of course, positivity alone isn’t enough to land a job or promotion.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
What remains clear is that investors may question Gemini’s path to sustainable profitability without adjustments to its cost structure, a firmer competitive footing in trading, or meaningful diversification.
—Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The agreement requires that the developer pay an upfront financial contribution to the district of roughly $6.1 million, with adjustments for the Consumer Price Index over the course of construction.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
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Connor Greene, Time, 9 Sep. 2025
Pair an attitude adjustment with these activities Of course, positivity alone isn’t enough to land a job or promotion.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
What remains clear is that investors may question Gemini’s path to sustainable profitability without adjustments to its cost structure, a firmer competitive footing in trading, or meaningful diversification.
—Marie Poteriaieva, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The agreement requires that the developer pay an upfront financial contribution to the district of roughly $6.1 million, with adjustments for the Consumer Price Index over the course of construction.
—Molly Morrow, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for adjustment
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Playwright Hartley is a first-time TV series writer, who is also penning Poison Pen Studios’ drama The Dark for ITV, an adaptation of GR Halliday’s From the Shadows, the first novel in the DI Monica Kennedy series.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
9 Sep. 2025
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The legendary filmmaker heaped praise on director Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s novel after an advance screening in Los Angeles this week.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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Birch wrote a second Sally Rooney TV adaption, Conversations with Friends, before becoming the writer and showrunner behind the series reimagining of Dead Ringers.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
8 Sep. 2025
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The film is an adaption of the 1976 Daniel Pinkwater novel of the same name.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Adjustment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/adjustment. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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