modulations

Definition of modulationsnext
plural of modulation

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Noun
  • When it was enacted, amendments were included to allow for adjustments during economic downturns and fiscal emergencies.
    J.B. Jennings, Baltimore Sun, 5 Feb. 2026
  • This method is commonly used for moderate adjustments where internal access is sufficient.
    Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The legislation's proponents have called on him to use a maneuver known as a talking filibuster to sidestep the 60-vote threshold for ending debate, but doing so would eat up valuable floor time and enable Democrats to offer unlimited amendments.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • One of the amendments included hospital police officers.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The Adidas Samba‘s current reign has had a seemingly endless string of transformations, including a few with dressier elements.
    Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • When humans leave Earth’s gravitational pull, the brain undergoes a series of physical and functional transformations.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Toews cites Post Falls, near his North Idaho hometown, as a city cutting regulations of its own accord.
    Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Air quality regulations and programs are loosening their restrictions.
    John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Karen Jaroch of Heritage Action was on hand at a Florida Senate hearing armed with Heritage’s usual distortions.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Paying the tax typically requires selling assets or borrowing against them, triggering capital gains taxes, leverage risks, and further distortions.
    Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 5 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Rosenblatt noted the improved ability to monetize streaming with its partnership with Amazon, a new ad tool for small and mid-sized businesses and tweaks made to the front page for advanced ads.
    Annie Palmer, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Only the platform owners have access to their algorithms, so researchers can’t identify possible tweaks to the products’ behavior without the platforms’ (increasingly rare) cooperation.
    Simon Makin, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Though cranial deformations were not unheard of in Mesoamerica, researchers stressed that this type is less common than other types in the region — and unusually combines both tabular erect and tabular superior styles.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Scientists in 2024 confirmed that Earth’s inner core reversed its spin, and in February 2025 the same team revealed changes to the inner core’s shape, with deformations in its shallowest level.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 29 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • With the lack of clinical data that drives personalization and innovation, women, who experience unique hormone fluctuations across the lifespan, have been underserved.
    Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The space weather center warns that the material could bring possible glancing influences that could cause weak power grid fluctuations.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 3 Feb. 2026
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“Modulations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modulations. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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