MODULATIONS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

modulations

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plural of modulation

as in adjustments

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Annual Social Security cost-of-living adjustments 1976–2026 The column chart shows the annual cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security benefits, from 1976 through 2026.

— Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
Third, simple styling adjustments can improve how secondhand clothes fit and look.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of adjustments

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Parliament’s lower house dominates the legislative process, but the Senate plays an important role in passing constitutional amendments and approving Constitutional Court judges.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
The resolution of the war was these amendments, the 14th Amendment specifically.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of amendments

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Superlong Cher has undergone many hair transformations over the years.

— Lorena Meouchi, Vogue, 13 Oct. 2026
The technique’s definition is slippery, spanning actors’ deep character study, extreme physical transformations and staying in character for months; some performers reject the label or the practice.

— Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

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The subtext of much of the industry’s palaver about the need for new regulations is that AI is so new-fangled that the old rules don’t apply.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
The second began in 2010, when heroin, made cheaper by more efficient distribution, flooded the illicit market just as federal authorities began to tighten regulations on prescription opioids.

— Mary Jane Gibson, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of regulations

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At the same time, media observers have raised concerns about possible distortions in the reach of political content on Meta platforms and have called for an investigation.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
These are two examples of politicians' truths among a plethora of others that are really lies, distortions, deceptions and desecrations of the citizens' trust in them.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of distortions

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For this leaner, meaner Deafheaven, stylistic variety takes a backseat to speed and chaos, and when properly executed, subtle melodic or rhythmic tweaks wield the heft of the more tectonic transitions in the band’s defining songs.

— Patrick Lyons, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026
The secret to how to use conditioner properly only requires a few tweaks to your routine.

— Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of tweaks

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Topologists are therefore interested in how the n-dimensional Poincaré conjecture turns out when only diffeomorphic deformations are permitted.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026
Reference markers printed directly onto the silicone collar let a tiny onboard camera measure those deformations in real time.

— Omar Kardoudi April 23, New Atlas, 23 Apr. 2026

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