short-term adjustment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofshort-termandadjustment
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short-term
adjective
uk/ˌʃɔːtˈtɜːm/us/ˈʃɔːrt.tɝːm/
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adjustment
noun[C or U]
uk/əˈdʒʌst.mənt/us/əˈdʒʌst.mənt/
a ...
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The question really for us was whether such ashort-termadjustmentas that was compatible with the policy of halting inflation.
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Immunity is a major source of parasite mortality and parasites stand to gain sizeable fitness benefits through short-term adjustments of maturation time in response to variation in immune-mediated mortality.
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Short-term adjustments in the programme have been made to take account of changes in the military aircraft programme.
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I know that it means awkward short-term adjustments for the advanced industrial nations.
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That has meant short-term adjustments in the defence programme and a three-month moratorium, which has had an impact on defence industries.
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For example, the under-funding of pay awards during 1985–86 led authorities to make short-term adjustments to the service.
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It is not compatible with the halting of inflation to make such short-term adjustments for such relatively small rises in the cost-of-living index.
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In some instances short-term adjustments, so-called, can have serious effects on the nationalised industries.
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First, we must make short-term adjustments to take account of the present period of change, which we hope is merely a transition to a more stable situation.
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Everybody understands that, from time to time, short-term adjustments have to be made to an economy, and that the power to devalue helps to make such adjustments.
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We need to produce a situation in which universities independently can get on with their long range planning while being capable of meeting short-term adjustments which may be necessary.
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But just because the value of short-term adjustments is probably smaller than we assumed in days gone by, it would be quite wrong to neglect their usefulness completely.
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