modulate
verb (used with object)
to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
modulates
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present tense formof modulate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Incyte said the acquisition includes Vega’s lead candidate VGA039, which modulates Protein S to improve hemostasis, potentially improving the body’s ability to control bleeding in numerous bleeding disorders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Oppenheimer modulates the lighting during the scenes from cool to warm and back again, underlining the vacillating feelings they can’t acknowledge outright.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2024
That’s the focus of a new study, “Reining in regret: emotion regulation modulates regret in decision making,” co-authored by Temple University’s Crystal Reeck and Kevin LaBar, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2024
The brain modulates visual signals according to internal states, as a new study by LMU neuroscientist Laura Busse reveals.
From Science Daily ● May 17, 2024
The tongue, the lips articulate; the throat With soft vibration modulates the note.
From The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes by Erasmus Darwin
