How to Use modifier in a Sentence
modifier
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Maybe it's meant to inspire the next wave of modifiers and tuners.
—New Atlas, 3 Apr. 2025
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Sure, the name isn't flashy with cliché adjectives and modifiers.
—Carey Polis, Bon Appetit, 19 Aug. 2017
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Thanks to the randomizer and modifiers, there will be a lot of ways to do that.
—Jay Peters, The Verge, 27 May 2026
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But the lazy remedy, merely to move a modifier one word left or right, is worse.
—The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018
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Compound modifiers come fast and easy for french fries cut by hand, then fried twice and dusted with coarse salt and herbs for $3.
—Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 22 Nov. 2019
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But the best modifiers in this randomizer play out like a completely new game.
—Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
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In most cases the additive/modifier is nothing more than a type of stop-leak.
—John Paul, The Providence Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
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The charge against him also includes modifiers for use of a dangerous weapon and for being a party to a crime.
—Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2024
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Any little modifier that takes the blanket out of the statement can make a big difference in tone.
—Steve Hartman, CBS News, 8 July 2016
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Other legends, such as the keys with macOS modifiers, are picked out in lighter shades.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Hall is charged with reckless homicide, with modifiers of domestic abuse and use of a dangerous weapon, records show.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025
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For instance, a writer couldn't go all Samantha Bee or use a curse word as a modifier.
—Jeff Wilson, star-telegram, 1 June 2018
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Most damage-dealing projectile sizes have been increased by a new global modifier added to their base size.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024
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These can include antihistamines (which come in pills, nasal sprays, and eye drops), steroid nasal sprays, mast cell inhibitors, and leukotriene modifiers.
—Marisa Cohen, Good Housekeeping, 19 June 2019
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And the inclusion of billing modifiers will also standardize in how services are coded and priced.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 2 Jan. 2025
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Her charge carries a modifier of domestic abuse.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
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Other citrus ends up as an orange liqueur dupe, added to margaritas and sold on its own as a cocktail modifier.
—Kate Dingwall, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
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Given a little longer to ponder, Baldwin might have summoned up some even more damning modifiers.
—Larry Stone, The Seattle Times, 18 Sep. 2017
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But in the Pathfinder playtest, there was no static initiative modifier.
—Sam Ferguson, Ars Technica, 30 July 2019
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The one-portal death with erase map modifiers and eat your Waystone and take 15% of your XP on top of that.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The acidic lift and textural crunch of a pickled vegetable can be a key component or an excellent modifier to many recipes.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 2 July 2024
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Two of the counts carry a modifier because two of the tenants were considered elderly.
—Jim Riccioli, Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024
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That’s the problem with dangling participles and misplaced modifiers.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
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For the Elite computers, the modifiers go from 6 to 8, X, and then Ultra.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 20 May 2024
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With dozens of brands of almost every spirit now available, not to mention the flood of vermouths and other modifiers, there’s a lot of pressure to pick the right one.
—Anne Brockhoff, kansascity, 20 Feb. 2018
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For its prowess, the liquor store lobby is frequently described with one modifier — powerful.
—Robert King, Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2017
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The first-degree reckless homicide charge Hall faces includes modifiers for use of a dangerous weapon and domestic abuse.
—David Clarey, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Even without the now almost ubiquitous modifier toxic in front of it, masculinity has become a dirty word.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 31 Oct. 2019
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Not all of the Portal Randomized modifiers are instant winners.
—Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2025
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Boileau knows from experience that finding modifier genes can pave the way to lifesaving therapies.
—Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
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