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Recent Examples of modulation
This voltage modulation could simplify the engine design, resulting in a lighter, and more efficient thruster.
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Feb. 2025
Radio Ripple Control uses a frequency-modulation scheme known as frequency-shift keying to send telegrams.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2025
With a little modulation in either mode, the throttle is responsive without lurching.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Of course, this leaves open the question of voice modulation through AI technology or other means.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
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Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Feb. 2025
Radio Ripple Control uses a frequency-modulation scheme known as frequency-shift keying to send telegrams.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2025
With a little modulation in either mode, the throttle is responsive without lurching.
—Kristin Shaw, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
Of course, this leaves open the question of voice modulation through AI technology or other means.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for modulation
Noun
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Recognize retirement as a major life change that can be stressful The adjustment to retirement can be difficult for anyone.—
Russ Wiles,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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Our eldest recently got her license and it’s been quite an adjustment.—
Grace Bastidas,
Parents,
7 Apr. 2025
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The company has raised $4.8 million from investors, including General Catalyst, to help the construction industry meet client demands, differentiate their products, and comply with ongoing regulations.—
Brianne Garrett,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Industrial capitalism, by contrast, ushered in a free-market ideology that emphasized employers’ rights and viewed government intervention—whether in wage regulation or in hiring and firing practices—with suspicion.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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For example, the gridlock includes entitlement reform and tax hikes on the wealthy that may be unavoidable, but politically toxic.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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As inflation, tariffs, and other economic woes start afflicting the working class, Americans must not ignore the quiet rumble of tax reform on Capitol Hill, which poses additional concerns for those who are already struggling -- especially the most financially vulnerable among us.—
Jack Salmon,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2025
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Omitting such differences, however, can sometimes be decisive in invalidating the final evaluation, which can lead to systematic distortions in reasoning, influencing the resulting judgments and decisions.—
Cristian Randieri,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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An Invisible Risk The standard literature defines cognitive bias as a systematic distortion that affects decision making processes and cognitive understanding, often resulting from limited data sets and unconscious biases and decision protocols favoring certain viewpoints.—
Cristian Randieri,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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House lawmakers Friday approved amendments to House Bill 96, which allows government entities to display only certain flags, such as the official Idaho, U.S. and state flags.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
28 Mar. 2025
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That limits debate and only gives opponents until April 2 to submit amendments.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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In the early 2000s, people interested in similar cosmetic transformations often turned to iris implantation, an invasive and dangerous off-label operation then available in a few countries outside of the U.S.—
Saima S. Iqbal,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2025
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But sometimes, hope and real transformation can still shine through.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Because of the slope’s slow-moving collapse, scientists can study the landslide’s historical rates of deformation and see how those changes relate to the retreat of the Barry Arm glacier.—
Darren Orf,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Mar. 2025
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In addition to these elevated gas emissions, the volcanologists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory have also recorded escalations in earthquakes and ground deformations, with over 100 earthquakes having occurred at Mount Spurr each week for at least the last month.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
17 Mar. 2025
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Such was the case for Rodney Price, who devoted his life to working in California prisons as a corrections officer, only to have his own brother, Larry, die of starvation and dehydration in solitary confinement in Fort Smith, Arkansas.—
Sarah Stillman,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Times published a correction the next morning, acknowledging the lack of any link between Palin's ad and Gifford's shooting.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Modulation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modulation. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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