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alters

verb

present tense third-person singular of alter

as in modifies

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 fixes

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 alters But whether the settlement fundamentally alters the business of one of the world’s most powerful tech giants remains an open question. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 Sodium dithionite primarily alters the dyes’ chromophores, reducing their visible color without fully breaking the bonds connecting the dyes to cellulose. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026 As a person moves through the room, their body physically alters the radio waves traveling through it. — New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026 Sunlight also alters the color of the smoke through chemical bleaching of aerosols. — Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026 El Niño changes the weather around the world by adjusting where heat is released into the atmosphere, which alters major wind patterns. — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026 But what completely alters Toronto’s trajectory and keeps the Maple Leafs in the upper echelon is the arrival of Gavin McKenna. — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 This subtle watermark, undetectable to human readers, alters word patterns and persists through minor edits, with a detection API forthcoming. — Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 In June, officials confirmed the formation of an El Niño, the natural warming of parts of the central Pacific that alters weather worldwide, that is expected to grow to historic strength. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

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An agent that calls the wrong API or modifies the wrong record creates consequences a hallucinated sentence simply cannot.

— Hemant Kashyap, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
So the team fed AlphaFold versions of a target DNA sequence, along with a guide RNA, the Cas9 sequence, and an enzyme that chemically modifies bases and can stick to Cas9.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026

Definition of modifies

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Stop thinking of customer service as the department that fixes problems.

— Shep Hyken, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
By testing pellet presses, pin welders, and automated inspection tools without live radiation, the team fixes mechanical issues before the equipment enters commercial service.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026

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Set in the 1950s, Juul follows 17-year-old circus acrobat Juul, whose life changes forever after a tragic accident leaves her in a coma and declared brain-dead.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Bringing that kind of creative firepower into both Nateland and No Pictures changes what’s possible for us.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of changes

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More than just structural support For decades, scientists have known that bone provides support, stores minerals and continuously remodels itself.

— Priya Bhardwaj, The Conversation, 22 June 2026
The push in beauty comes at a time when Walmart is doubling down on the style category, giving beauty, fashion and home prime real estate adjacent to the highly trafficked grocery or pharmacy departments in about 100 stores, with more to be added as the company remodels existing formats.

— Jenny B. Fine, Footwear News, 23 Dec. 2025

Definition of remodels

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An episode of septicemia, with its hells and paradises, its nightmares and hallucinations, transforms Borges into a story writer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
How this potent mix of pollutants transforms over time and distance is a complex puzzle.

— Michael A. Robinson, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

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