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adjustment

[uh-juhst-muhnt] / əˈdʒʌst mənt /




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For others, the lifestyle adjustment after divorce is more extreme.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Lucy said the only adjustment currently being offered was extra time, despite her dyscalculia diagnosis.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Those receiving Social Security won’t find out the actual cost-of-living adjustment until October.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

But under the announcement Monday, the Medicare agency said it won’t implement changes to the risk adjustment model next year that were outlined in the earlier proposal—a decision that boosted the final rate.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

—Plato I find, dear reader, that I have grown accustomed to the hectic pace of office life, an adjustment which I doubted I could make.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole




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