How to Use alteration in a Sentence

alteration

noun

• They did a good job on the dress alteration.
• He made alterations in his will.
• We’re used to the idea, from science fiction, that even small alterations to the past can change the present for the worse.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• The wait for finished alterations: 4-6 weeks and worth it.
  — Jane Herman, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
• For its part, Jeep made alterations to the support structure of the front bumper.
  — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 28 June 2023
• Swift's made a few alterations to the Eras Tour setlist throughout its run.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 24 July 2023
• Given the chance to write her own version of this scene, Sloane made a few alterations.
  — Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
• Now researchers can begin to look for alterations in the DNA.
  — Laura Ungar, ajc, 3 Mar. 2023
• The crash led to alterations in train service on the Rockport line late Sunday.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
• As a result, the league banned any alterations to uniforms no matter the theme night.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 26 Nov. 2023
• Fittings, alterations and the staffing needed to pull it all off is a tricky business.
  — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
• But her respect for the uniform didn’t hold back some alterations.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
• Save for adding another door to the bedroom, alterations to the room weren’t needed.
  — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023
• Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove.
  — cleveland, 31 Jan. 2023
• Then, the landlord must approve of the alteration, and both parties can decide who will handle the cost.
  — Angela Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2024
• With the ziplining scene, another alteration was made to the dress.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 28 Jan. 2023
• On set, Convery had a front-row seat to more on-the-fly alterations to his work courtesy of Air’s ensemble cast.
  — Vulture, 15 May 2023
• Eisenberg says part of the character’s alteration was in response to the casting process.
  — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
• Swift’s alteration of the song in her re-recording follows a lineage of other pop stars doing the same.
  — Maria Sherman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
• In the meantime, while a lack of funds delayed the project, Pace made alterations to the memorials that had been dedicated in 1995.
  — Alyssa Fiorentino, House Beautiful, 20 Apr. 2023
• The impact of the alteration is unknown, Rajnarayanan said.
  — Erin Prater, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2022
• But not every alteration of skin tone (or hair or features) in an image is to be condemned.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2023
• Slug guns are never a pleasure to shoot, but these alterations made a big difference and were no doubt part of the reason my groups improved.
  — Tony Hansen, Outdoor Life, 22 June 2023
• Winning pieces get a last round of alterations and styling adjustments.
  — Alix Strauss, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
• Latent cysts have been shown to cause structural changes in the brain as well as alterations in hormones and neurochemistry.
  — Bill Sullivan, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2024
• Construction alterations and water damage were so bad the entire house had to be torn down.
  — Peter Hecht, Sacramento Bee, 21 Feb. 2024
• If the mouse songs were innate, as long presumed, the surgical alteration would make no difference at all.
  — Sonia Shah, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• What shoppers are less likely to notice is a change in a product's net weight, or a tiny cost-saving alteration to its contents.
  — Brigid Kennedy, The Week, 5 Dec. 2022
• Feel free to go forward with their recs, make your own substitutions/alterations each week, or just go fully a la carte.
  — Neha Tandon, Women's Health, 23 Mar. 2023
• DeepMind's software had no ability to adapt to even this small alteration.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024