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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
Jack Jankowski, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2026
Common symptoms include fever, headache, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light and an altered mental state.
—Sam Woodward, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
Shortly after Macron’s December 2025 trip to Beijing, France altered the political settlement in New Caledonia.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
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Adjective
Enders was charged with presenting an altered state lottery ticket, forging a lottery ticket with intent to defraud and grand theft.
—Jack Jankowski, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 May 2026
Common symptoms include fever, headache, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting, sensitivity to light and an altered mental state.
—Sam Woodward, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Verb
These simulations altered key variables such as object weight, floor friction, grip strength, and object placement, forcing the robot to develop adaptive control strategies.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
Shortly after Macron’s December 2025 trip to Beijing, France altered the political settlement in New Caledonia.
—Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for altered
Verb
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Accessibility The main resort is mainly step-free access, and all villas can be modified for wheelchair accessibility with ramps put in place of steps where applicable.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
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Later an Iron Age bowl was found in the mud, and bones that appeared to have been modified by humans were discovered as well, leading researchers to conclude that the cave had once been occupied by prehistoric people.—
Adam Kovac,
Scientific American,
1 June 2026
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Yet if the pipes connecting the pool to the treatment plant are not fixed, experts on the pool say, the algae could come back.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
31 May 2026
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Survivor accounts blamed ropes not being fixed in advance and a bottleneck created by slower climbers for delaying the ascent.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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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Enormous floral displays mark the reception area, and these are changed regularly by local florists.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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The Last Supper changed when Leonard Cohen came into the book.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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The result is a sterile carousel of clubs at the top.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
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Visitors can see Mission Control, where teams watch every Mars landing live, and the sterile labs where the next generation of spacecraft are being built.—
Michael Goldstein,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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Celebrating 50 years since the opening of its flagship location, Minsky’s South Plaza has been newly remodeled, with everything from furniture to functionality in mind.—
Sophie Lindberg,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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The 83-year-old Roy Pope Grocery will close May 31 and be remodeled by Westland Hospitality Group into a restaurant and bar serving Southern Americana dishes.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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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
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Decadence is the vanity of bodybuilders made impotent by steroids.—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
Verb
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Besides sharper aesthetics, Dell has also reworked the insides of these laptops.—
Charles Jefferies,
PC Magazine,
28 May 2026
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Not so for the models reworked by Audi Sport, the company’s motorsports division, which now also spends its time building the company’s new Formula 1 power units.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
28 May 2026
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“Altered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altered. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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