How to Use modification in a Sentence

modification

noun

• They passed the law with only a few minor modifications.
• The weather required some major modifications to our travel plans.
• The program can be used on all computers without modification.
• On the team is Shawn O'Hare, a body modification artist and piercer.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2022
• The car’s body and space frame had to be tweaked and refined to account for such the modification.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2021
• This is a great modification for a bent over row, said Chan.
  — Perri O. Blumberg, Men's Health, 24 Aug. 2022
• The money will come from a line item in the 2023 budget for upgrades and modifications to RiverEdge Park.
  — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2023
• SpaceX Musk said hot staging is one of more than 1,000 tweaks, upgrades, and modifications to the rocket since the April test flight.
  — Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2023
• The biggest modification, though, can be found under the car’s long-nosed hood.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 June 2022
• The modifications, which appear to have been first deployed in the spring, have turned them into weapons that glide — rather than fall — to their target.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2023
• The differences between the two mostly come down to modifications needed for the electric bits and the tires.
  — Eric Bangeman, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2023
• The palace provided no details and didn’t say where the modification work would take place.
  — Danica Kirka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
• But there are scant clues as to why such modifications were performed.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 June 2024
• There were many modifications to it, from reworking the neckline to adding a train.
  — Adrienne Gaffney, ELLE, 8 Sep. 2023
• Fear not, die-hard fans: Seacrest promises a limit to the modifications.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2024
• Even with the modifications he’s made to the studio space, the loud sounds of a band — especially the low frequency of drums — still escape.
  — Gabe Bullard, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• Sheck told the class that the film’s title was a modification of a phrase Baldwin had uttered in an interview.
  — Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2022
• The bill, which appeared all but dead a day earlier, was revived Thursday and both the House and the Senate passed it with some slight modifications.
  — Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2023
• The bill, which appeared all but dead a day earlier, was revived Thursday, and both the House and the Senate passed it with some slight modifications.
  — Andrea Salcedo, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Mar. 2023
• That gives him standing to join a case and request modifications to the foreclosure process.
  — Ben Wieder and, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
• The new rules were delayed for the 2022 tax year but will resume unless Congress or the IRS make further modifications.
  — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2023
• Reverse Plank How to: Start by sitting on the ground, and prop yourself up on hands (option to use forearms as a modification).
  — Women's Health, 18 Aug. 2023
• Maybe there’s some modification that can happen to that mitt.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2021
• The extension talks could be a prelude to loan modifications or even a default process.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 1 June 2023
• This is the first time that the modification of mammalian genes has been carried out on a scale of this magnitude, the scientists note in their paper.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 31 Aug. 2022
• Without the show’s fatal modifications, Squid Game just that: a game.
  — Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2024
• Given that the modification improved safety and did not destroy the coat, a lawsuit may not hold much weight.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
• Hamilton said approval of the modification was a critical step in talks with the soccer team.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 28 May 2021
• The firm, which is women-owned, alleges in the suit that city administrative and contract laws were violated in the process of those modifications being made.
  — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
• Open source refers to software whose source code is made freely available on the open web for possible modification and redistribution.
  — Ryan Browne, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 4 Mar 2025