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Discover LudwigThe phrase "adjust aspirations" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the need to modify or realign one's goals or expectations in response to changing circumstances.
Example: "In light of recent developments, it may be necessary to adjust aspirations to ensure they remain realistic and achievable."
Alternatives: "realign goals" or "modify expectations".
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A persistent aspiration gap may also be asource of frustration and unhappiness, and a more likely 'cognitive'response is to adjust aspirations downwards.
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Presidents and prime ministers have convened crisis talks, international organisations have called for extraordinary measures to spur hiring, and an entire generation has been forced to adjust its aspirations.
Returns to foreign education are often low (e.g., Hartog and Zorlu 2009, Sanromá et al. 2009) and could therefore discourage parents and children who plan to migrate to adjust their aspirations upwards.
Greater awareness of survival gain might enable some patients to adjust their aspirations.
This method enables the DM to adjust different "aspiration levels" to each objective based on his/her preferences.
The chef, Matthew Karp, who owns the restaurant with Arthur Jacobson, seems to have adjusted his aspirations over the years (I reviewed Plates shortly after it opened, in May 2004, when it earned a "Very Good").
The Tory party has been in business so long, and has so often adjusted its aspirations to electoral necessity and to the temper of the times, that it is possible to anchor almost any contemporary concept firmly within the Conservative canon.
And they do this with the clear intention of helping those with implausible aspirations to adjust their outlook before facing a major setback.
Robert adjusted his career aspirations: from then on, he wanted to be the Spencer Tracy character, a brave hero battling for survival against the direst of odds.
This approach views disability as stemming from the failure of a structured social environment to adjust to the needs and aspirations of citizens with disabilities, rather than from individual failings or inabilities to adapt to societal demands (Hans et al. 2008).
Hayashi et al. showed that the CURB-65 score; a scoring system for predicting mortality in CAP (HR 1.617; 95% CI 1.236 2.117), and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (ECOG PS) (1.476; 1.042 2.090) were associated with higher in-hospital mortality and after adjusting for these, aspiration pneumonia was no longer a risk factor63.
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