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as in modified
to make different in some way
can't you alter your plans just slightly so we can leave 10 minutes earlier?
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as in fixed
to remove the sex organs of
contends that cats and dogs that have been altered make better pets
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Recent Examples of altered
Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Coach Matt Rhule doesn’t have to love the altered state of college football.
—Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
These foods are in their natural state or are barely altered.
—Korin Miller, Health, 20 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
While cannabis legalizes and becomes more accessible, weed is disrupting the hold that alcohol has on altered states.
—Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Coach Matt Rhule doesn’t have to love the altered state of college football.
—Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Verb
While the approach of this season’s All-Star Game has been altered to a tournament format, the basics for balloting have not changed from previous seasons.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
These foods are in their natural state or are barely altered.
—Korin Miller, Health, 20 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for altered
Recent Examples of Synonyms for altered
Verb
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Comprising 42 pairs of chromosomes instead of the original 14, the DNA of modern wheat has been artificially modified.—
Marie Bladt,
Vogue,
24 Dec. 2024
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His duties and responsibilities will be modified, according to the resolution — a prospect Martinez challenged after the vote.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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What to do when pipes burst Lee Company has fixed hundreds of pipes this week as temperatures have consistently remained below freezing across Middle Tennessee.—
Craig Shoup,
The Tennessean,
22 Dec. 2024
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Corporate entities dealing in health care need to be fixed, without condemning the dedicated people who strive for the betterment of the patient.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Bay Area Home Report A 2,417-square-foot house built in 1962 has changed hands.—
Bay Area Home Report,
The Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2025
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Three months later, the market changed course rather suddenly.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Because isn’t that what effectively happens to an innie who will never again awaken in a sterile elevator?—
Judy Berman,
TIME,
17 Jan. 2025
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Harm reduction reduces the risks associated with drug use, including overdose and the spread of infectious diseases, by providing free syringe service programs, overdose prevention sites, fentanyl tests, naloxone kits and training and sterile injection or smoking equipment.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
13 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Fountain Square has been remodeled several times since then.—
Victoria Moorwood,
The Enquirer,
26 Dec. 2024
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This is a 4-bed, 3-bath, 2,600-square foot, contemporary-style home that was built in 1973 and remodeled in 2019 in Pewee Valley.—
Lennie Omalza,
The Courier-Journal,
12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The stakes are also high for the Trump Administration, which risks appearing impotent shortly after taking power.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
29 Jan. 2025
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Ten years into the Trump era, our Democratic avatars still feel obligated to signal their impotent superiority to the person who actually runs the place.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
28 Jan. 2025
Verb
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At Ulta Beauty Our best-selling blazer reworked in a TENCEL™ Lyocell and cotton blend.—
Ulta Beauty,
refinery29.com,
4 Jan. 2025
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The tune was reworked by the Yun Seok Cheol Trio, a renowned jazz group based in South Korea.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Altered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altered. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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