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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
Radina Gigova, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
This scrambles their fundamentally altered cells, killing Anneliese and leaving Blaine severely injured.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 May 2026
Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026
These circuits are altered when children get less sleep, experience more stress, or spend a lot of time using social media.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 11 June 2026
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Adjective
When sediment flow is disrupted, riverbeds can be simplified and less suitable for spawning, while altered temperatures and flow reduce habitat diversity.
—Radina Gigova, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
This scrambles their fundamentally altered cells, killing Anneliese and leaving Blaine severely injured.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 21 May 2026
Verb
Part of their dissatisfaction is that the air board’s changes come less than a year after the Legislature altered how the gas emission reduction fund money was distributed.
—Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2026
These circuits are altered when children get less sleep, experience more stress, or spend a lot of time using social media.
—Jon Hamilton, NPR, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for altered
Adjective
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The effects pouring out of the legislative, executive and even judicial branches of government in this state are about an all-powerful majority and a neutered opposition.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The vehicle was carefully modified so that the late monarch could position her handbag alongside her between the two front seats.—
Jennifer Hassan,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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That would, of course, be modified by your situation, though, since no well-mannered guest would watch a pregnant woman struggling under a load of plates without intervening.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
4 June 2026
Verb
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After starting in the Netherlands with a single event in 2009, Repair Cafe has grown into a global nonprofit with more than 59,000 members, some 4,000 cafes and close to 850,000 items fixed a year.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 June 2026
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The facility was closed for a short time until the water issue could be fixed.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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The sterile flies are irradiated and released en masse, designed to blanket a region experiencing an outbreak.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 June 2026
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American officials are working to expand the use of sterile male screwworm flies to stop the parasites’ spread.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
6 June 2026
Verb
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Fox spoke at the Spurs’ shootaround on Monday, where he was admittedly irked about his usual routine being changed.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
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Things changed in January 2025, when Bass was more than 7,000 miles away at a diplomatic function in Ghana when the Palisades fire broke out.—
Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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There is no end to the impotent convulsions of an empire in decline.—
Wyatt Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
9 June 2026
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Connie is married to a baronet, Clifford, who has been made impotent by a war wound, and Mellors is the gamekeeper on Clifford’s estate, Wragby.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Verb
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The mosque was closed because it was being remodeled.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
8 June 2026
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Over its 95-year history, the venue has been remodeled a handful of times, including in the 1950s when television became a mainstream medium.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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By contrast, Gercke’s emasculated George speaks in the monotonous style of a man worn down by life.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Mar. 2026
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Squeaky voices were comic, or emasculated.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Altered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altered. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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