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readjust

 verb
     
re‧ad‧just
1 [intransitive] to get used to a new situation, job, or way of life:
It takes time to readjust after a divorce.
readjust to
Former soldiers often struggle to readjust to life outside the army.
2 [transitive] to make a small change to something or to its position:
He readjusted his glasses.
We may need to readjust these figures slightly.
—readjustment noun [uncountable and countable]
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