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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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In a slow-building gag, Alison eventually discovers that an un-neutered billy goat has been swinging his way through the herd, leaving Alison with a rash of unplanned goat pregnancies.—
Andrea Long Chu,
Vulture,
16 June 2025
Verb
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There, it was first assembled and modified — to the chagrin of nearby residents.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
15 June 2026
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Lawmakers modified the measure before placing it on the ballot by excluding school taxes from the higher homestead exemption.—
CBS Miami Team,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
Verb
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The good news is that these attitudes are not fixed.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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Rectangular lamps were fixed at regular intervals between the pillars, and green metal railings lined the gaps to keep people from falling into the water.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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The eradication was the result of multiple sterile fly programs across the south that cost roughly $42 million in the mid 1960s, the equivalent of about $452 million today.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Blame game Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has been a critic of the US response to screwworm, demanding that the USDA begin using the Screwworm Adult Suppression System (SWASS), a type of pesticide and bait, in addition to sterile fly releases.—
Max Saltman,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
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The board officer positions also changed with Dalia Begin being voted in as the new board president.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 June 2026
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In Tortorella’s defense, Hart wasn’t the issue in the shutout loss in Game 6, but an earlier swap could’ve changed the outlook of the series.—
Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
16 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 Padres roster has been remodeled over the past two weeks.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 June 2026
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The home was remodeled in 2022.—
Brendel Clark,
Freep.com,
12 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 18 Jun. 2026.
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