adjust
verb (used with object)
to change (something) so that it fits, corresponds, or conforms; adapt; accommodate.
was adjusting
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past progressiveof adjust.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The next day, Emirati carrier Flydubai followed suit, saying it was adjusting schedules and flight paths due to the “evolving situation in the region.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Aside from a tight schedule to produce “Half Man,” the challenge for Bell was adjusting to the dramatic intensity that Gadd was after.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
Chief financial officer John Lawler said the firm was adjusting its plans in response to "pricing and margin compression".
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2024
No part of the engine of modern life was unaffected; everyone, up to those highest in power, was adjusting to a hundred simultaneous shocks in real time.
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2024
He was adjusting the binocular attachments to his visiplate, and the bloated fingers of the insosuit were clumsy at it.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
