as in adjustment
the act or process of changing something to fit a new use or situation
the acclimatization of the immigrants to the culture of their adopted homeland has proven to be unexpectedly difficult
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Noun
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Once the looks are done, the dress rehearsal is where the hair team previews the looks in motion before making adjustments.—
Essence,
Essence,
9 Sep. 2025 -
Fiscal first-quarter earnings of 32 cents per share after adjustments fell short of the estimate of 37 cents per share.—
Lisa Kailai Han,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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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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