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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
Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
The supervisor was not immediately available to review the audio, but the press office went ahead and published the altered transcript on the White House website and distributed it to press and on social media in an effort to tamp down the story, AP reported.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
James Wray, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
In areas without such safeguards, the environment is often heavily altered by human activity, from logging to mining.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
So, to return to an earlier example, once the SEAL team mission is complete and the flow state is over, team members might make sense of that experience by still regarding themselves as individuals who, under the right conditions, can make the switch into this altered flow state.
—Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
The supervisor was not immediately available to review the audio, but the press office went ahead and published the altered transcript on the White House website and distributed it to press and on social media in an effort to tamp down the story, AP reported.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Verb
The recent success of NASA’s DART mission, which altered the orbit of a small asteroid, demonstrates one plausible approach to fending off these small bodies.
—James Wray, Discover Magazine, 18 Oct. 2024
In areas without such safeguards, the environment is often heavily altered by human activity, from logging to mining.
—Tony Bradley, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2024
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This would help people determine the creation and edit history of some content created and modified using generative AI tools.Mekela Panditharatne and Shanze Hasan, TIME, 21 Oct. 2024
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As the market rally progressed in September the market internals signaled an upside breakout but some strategists had already modified their forecasts.Tom Aspray, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
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What seemed fixed turned out to be alterable.Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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Unusually, the seats are fixed in position, including the backrest.Trinity Francis, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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Living in Los Angeles changed my life.Alyssa Bereznak, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
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The exhaust plume from that booster changed dramatically, but the rocket continued its climb to space.William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
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The existing pink floor and wall tiles were doused in a sterile shade of white, creating an unwelcoming experience for our guests.Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
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The statistics are sterile, but the sound of absence hums: their voices missing from the kitchens, the markets, the churches, the streets of Florence, muted instead inside convent walls.Michelle Weber, Longreads, 15 Nov. 2024
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The mid-century home, built in 1954, was recently remodeled, according to the listing.Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 30 Sep. 2024
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Formerly occupied by Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and extensively remodeled by the actor during his tenure, the couple’s new digs in Studio City‘s lush Fryman Canyon neighborhood feature a 7,000-square-foot main home with six bedrooms, plus several guesthouses, a pool, and a tennis court.Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 30 Sep. 2024
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That’s what California gets for having a Republican Party almost fully impotent at the state level.Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Everything getting in the way of Cesar’s big plans boils down to the ills of society: stagnant, corrupt forces in positions of power and the careless whims of the rich who benefit from these long-standing, impotent leaders.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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In the end, MAG reworked the proposal so that the regional tax would go only toward maintaining light rail, not expanding it — but that doesn't mean the end of new light rail lines.Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024
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Here’s a roundup of highlights, spotlighting essential designs reworked with crafty techniques, arty embellishments or simple, graphic lines to enhance the focus on textures and high-quality materials.Sandra Salibian, WWD, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Altered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altered. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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