as in regulating
to make changes to (something) in order to keep a desirable balance, proportion, etc.
He takes insulin to modulate his blood sugar levels. She kept talking during the performance, making no effort to modulate her voice.
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Recent Examples of modulating
Similarly, Ping’s team devised a system that pauses the pH-modulating current just long enough for a graphene transistor to record accurate readings without interference.
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Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
After the governor officially accepts the presentation, a steady drumbeat begins, and a musical, modulating chant, a sound pulling listeners back to a time before there was a city of Richmond on this spot.
—Andrew Sharp, Outdoor Life, 27 Nov. 2024
In simpler terms, the role of expectations in modulating our brain’s response to pain.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2024
Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
After the governor officially accepts the presentation, a steady drumbeat begins, and a musical, modulating chant, a sound pulling listeners back to a time before there was a city of Richmond on this spot.
—Andrew Sharp, Outdoor Life, 27 Nov. 2024
In simpler terms, the role of expectations in modulating our brain’s response to pain.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for modulating
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These measures included capping refiners' profits and regulating gasoline inventories, amidst rising gas prices.Robert Rapier, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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In some cases, residents, often poor, smallholder farmers, are asked to sign voluntary conservation agreements regulating their land use.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
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Even more worrying, three-quarters of respondents do not understand why adjusting router settings is important, showing a significant gap in awareness about the risks associated with default configurations.Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report, Fox News, 24 Dec. 2024
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The incoming administration has made several allusions to the use of ZBB, which theoretically allows the government to clean the slate and determine which activities to fund versus simply adopting last year’s funding level, adjusting for inflation, and budgeting from there.Doug Criscitello, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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Email must change—and not just by improving central screening technologies.Zak Doffman, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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The commissions have until the end of December to come up with recommendations on overhauling institutions such as the police and the judiciary, as well as on reducing corruption and improving public administration.Saif Hasnat Atul Loke, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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However, Mercury also will retrograde through your fourth house of home and family from November 18 to 29, revealing misalignments in your personal life that need correcting.Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024
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Pointing out these double standards and unrealistic expectations is the first step towards addressing and correcting them.Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Modulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modulating. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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