the change

noun

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

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The Brennan Center looks at what the change will be by region in 2030 compared with 2020. Arkansas Online, 11 Feb. 2026 Dimple Ajmera, an early champion of the issue on the City Council, said the change is a direct result of their input. Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2026 Users protested the change, and days after the new model’s launch, Altman said OpenAI would keep GPT-4o available for paid ChatGPT users and would also pay attention to how many people were using it to determine when to retire it. Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 10 Feb. 2026 The theme for the opening ceremonies was armonia, or harmony, and many credit Kirsty Coventry, the International Olympic Committee president who is presiding over her first Games, with helping create the change in tone. Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026 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 13 Feb. 2026.

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