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Recent Examples of modulation
And as relief from one of the greatest curses imaginable – chronic pain – the neuro-key may offer pain modulation without the expense, side effects, and addiction risk of opioids and systemic drugs.
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New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2025
Moreover, studies are underway exploring GAE’s potential applications in other joints, such as the hip and shoulder, suggesting that the concept of arterial modulation may contribute to broader conversations about managing chronic pain.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Electronics will still be necessary for control, modulation, and signal processing.
—Tim Hornyak, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2025
An architectural staircase climbs to the lofted bedroom, which has curtains for privacy and light modulation.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Nov. 2025
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New Atlas, 29 Dec. 2025
Moreover, studies are underway exploring GAE’s potential applications in other joints, such as the hip and shoulder, suggesting that the concept of arterial modulation may contribute to broader conversations about managing chronic pain.
—Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
Electronics will still be necessary for control, modulation, and signal processing.
—Tim Hornyak, IEEE Spectrum, 16 Dec. 2025
An architectural staircase climbs to the lofted bedroom, which has curtains for privacy and light modulation.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 24 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for modulation
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The recommendations represent adjustments to the second year of the two-year budget for a wide variety of state expenses that range from the salaries of Superior Court judges to Medicaid payments for elderly nursing home patients.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2026
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The orbit adjustments are designed to put the astronauts in a highly elliptical 24-hour-long orbit, giving them plenty of time to check out the Orion capsule, making sure the ship's communications, navigation, propulsion and life support systems are working properly before heading to the moon.—
Miles Doran,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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Excessive drinking—which often resulted in mischief and vandalism—was discouraged, with newspapers calling for greater discipline, regulation, and surveillance.—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Apr. 2026
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As deployment expands globally, incidents like this will likely shape future regulations, safety standards, and public trust in driverless technology.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Apr. 2026
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright touted his optimism for congressional permitting reform, which is being considered to expedite the timelines for all energy sources, from wind and solar farms to power-line transmission to gas pipelines.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
30 Mar. 2026
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At the same time, the cost of medical education continues to shape the physician workforce in ways rarely addressed in health care reform discussions.—
Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2026
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The organ is the defining sound of early Rocketship, effectively becoming their distortion and noise machine.—
David Glickman,
Pitchfork,
27 Mar. 2026
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This would be a vast oversimplification and distortion of their organizing and solidarity work by and for Arab Americans in the Bay Area.—
Laura Einhorn,
Mercury News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The key language in the amendment was also included in citizenship laws enacted in 1940 and 1952.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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By 1979, 39 states had active applications for Congress to call an Article V convention to propose a fiscal responsibility amendment, but Congress failed to act.—
Steve H. Hanke,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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The challenge is not to retreat from circulation, but to insist that circulation be thought through, grounded in specific places and their conditions, and accountable, open to friction, contamination, and transformation rather than insulated coherence.—
Manuela Moscoso,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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Rather than a one-sided effort, this transformation is driven by collaboration—working closely with our partners to develop solutions and move forward together.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
2 Apr. 2026
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The oscilloscope shows an AC voltage of 80 V at mid-swing, but after rectification, it is reduced to 30 V DC.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Feb. 2026
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Fedorov also believed that this goal of rectification — of achieving immortality — would unite social groups whose mutual fear of death had historically pitted them in opposition to each other.—
Tim Brinkhof,
Big Think,
12 Sep. 2025
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Nanomade, a company specializing in ultra-sensitive deformation sensing technology, has announced a new product developed in collaboration with PolyIC that combines capacitive touch and ultra-sensitive force sensing into a fully transparent film.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Apr. 2026
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Additionally, the screen uses auto-smoothing flex glass, which is resistant to deformation and better able to recover its original shape.—
Eric Zeman,
PC Magazine,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Modulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modulation. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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