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the change

noun

informal + old-fashioned
: the time of menopause when a woman stops menstruating

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Yet the organization didn’t believe the change was real. Louisa Loran, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2025 Darlene noticed the change from hundreds of miles away. Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Nov. 2025 Surveillance video shows the suspect instructing an employee to open the cash register and put all of the money into a bag, including the change from the drawer. Riley Rourke, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025 And with companies like TalkPal scaling globally, the change is accelerating quickly. Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the change

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“The change.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20change. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.

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