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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
modulate .
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(Wechsel der Töne), as the poem modulates from the "naive" tone of its opening scene, to the
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Divorce and various manifestations of adulterous love provide many of her plots, and her tone modulates from the ironic to the tragic to the tragicomic, sometimes subtly shifting within a single story.
Wharton's Sharp Eye 2001
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Divorce and various manifestations of adulterous love provide many of her plots, and her tone modulates from the ironic to the tragic to the tragicomic, sometimes subtly shifting within a single story.
Wharton's Sharp Eye 2001
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Taken together, all these data demonstrate that under hypoxia bcl-2 overexpression modulates HIF-1α expression at a post-translational level through the stabilization of the HIF-1α protein.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Daniela Trisciuoglio et al. 2010
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Holopainen T, Huang H, Chen C, Kim KE, Zhang L, et al. (2009) Angiopoietin-1 overexpression modulates vascular endothelium to facilitate tumor cell dissemination and metastasis establishment.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Ethan Cerami et al. 2010
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Hofmann SM, Zhou L, Perez-Tilve D, Greer T, Grant E, et al. (2007) Adipocyte LDL receptor-related protein-1 expression modulates postprandial lipid transport and glucose homeostasis in mice.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Li Zhou et al. 2009
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Hofmann SM, Zhou L, Perez-Tilve D, Greer T, Grant E, et al. (2007) Adipocyte LDL receptor-related protein-1 expression modulates postprandial lipid transport and glucose homeostasis in mice.
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The pictorial name of the project was dictated by the orientation of the house and the way it modulates, softens and fragments the intense western light.
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Lin RY, Sullivan KM, Argenta PA, Lorenz HP, Adzick NS: Species-specific in situ hybridization demonstrates that the human fetal fibroblast modulates scarless repair.
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The Wall Street Journal (illustration) Associated Press (photo); Universal Music Publishing (score) Adele slightly modulates her pitch at the end of some long notes, adding to the tension.
Anatomy of a Tear-Jerker Michaeleen Doucleff 2012
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