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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
Mark Joyella, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The altered version was also reposted on X by Vice President JD Vance.
—Maddie Kornfeld, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Catherine Odom
january 29, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
For Eldridge, now 21, seeing stories like this might have altered how his own coming-out journey unfolded.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
While many social media users quickly called out the White House image as a fake, the real image was shared by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in a post on X that was published 30 minutes before the White House shared its altered photo.
—Mark Joyella, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
The altered version was also reposted on X by Vice President JD Vance.
—Maddie Kornfeld, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
Verb
But the declaration also stated that changes to the document that altered residents’ right to vote on matters affecting the condo association needed 100% owner approval.
—Catherine Odom
january 29, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2026
For Eldridge, now 21, seeing stories like this might have altered how his own coming-out journey unfolded.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for altered
Verb
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After The Odd Couple — also created by Garry Marshall — ended its run in 1975, the apartment set from that series was modified to become Laverne and Shirley’s Milwaukee residence.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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In the wake of the cheating, FIS has modified its rules and brought in a coordinator to oversee screening of gear and hired former Austrian ski jumper Mathias Hafele to work as equipment expert.—
Brian Melley,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2026
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Schulte agreed to take on a list of facilities things that needed to get fixed and families donated enough to take care of immediate needs like the center’s elevator and plumbing issues.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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The competitor, Drew Fleschut, triumphed over the hairstyle competition with a sweet tribute to actor David Spade's 2001 comedy Joe Dirt, in which the Saturday Night Live alum played a janitor with a mullet fixed to the top of his head as a baby.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Jan. 2026
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Almost immediately after oversight of TikTok’s US operations changed, misinformation started to spread about changes to the app’s new terms of service, including those that applied to location sharing and data collection, Fiesler said.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
27 Jan. 2026
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Carl Phillips on writing the poems that changed the course of his life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This makes your home feel intentional and personal instead of sterile and unoriginal.—
Ashlyn Needham,
The Spruce,
8 Jan. 2026
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Many japonica camellias, in the manner of other botanical hybrids, are sterile with their yellow, thread-like stamens and stigmas either absent or invisible.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Mattie Freeman, 78, who is blind, will have her home remodeled to be more accessible by CG&S Design-Build.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Jan. 2026
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But most of us have remodeled our kitchens or live in a newer home where plumbers installed PVC pipes under the sinks.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But this is the first time in recent memory in which the will of the majority feels both irrelevant and totally impotent.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2026
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Adding Venezuela — not a major producer today, but one with the potential to raise output by 2 million to 3 million barrels a day within a decade — would give the US the power to make OPEC+’s supply interventions impotent.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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The diplomatic fallout has been reworked into cooperation between the two countries.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 Jan. 2026
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For Ann Lee, an arthouse musical that counts among its closest antecedents Robert Eggers’ The Witch and the Björk-starring Dancer in the Dark, Blumberg reworked and retrofitted 10 traditional Shaker hymns, and recorded Seyfried and the other actors live on set.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Frank feels emasculated by everyone and everything.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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Noah is a debt-addled, nerdy middle-aged who feels totally emasculated by his inability to get a project off the ground.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Altered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altered. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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