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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
At Yasu's Tailor Shop, Jessica Lee-Vedder carefully alters a piece of military clothing.
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Kenny Choi, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Blood and saliva sampling to measure immune biomarkers and examine how space alters the immune system.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Salt alters our perception of the flavor, masking or softening sharp notes rather than extracting them.
—Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 11 Mar. 2026
Unfortunately, the Witch of Waste gets jealous and casts a spell on Sophie that alters her age.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
When inflammation alters the gut lining, those electrical patterns shift.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
The order alters the timeline for decommissioning Schahfer, according to a previous NIPSCO statement, but compliance is mandatory, and NIPSCO’s long-term plan to transition to sustainable energy remains unchanged.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
The medium that the signal travels through alters the signal’s properties as well, as an oncoming train sounds different from the air, with your ear to the ground, or from submerged in a body of water.
—Big Think, 6 Mar. 2026
The miracle fruit temporarily alters taste buds for about 30-40 minutes.
—Ivan Taylor, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
Kenny Choi, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
Blood and saliva sampling to measure immune biomarkers and examine how space alters the immune system.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
Salt alters our perception of the flavor, masking or softening sharp notes rather than extracting them.
—Anne Wolf, Martha Stewart, 11 Mar. 2026
Unfortunately, the Witch of Waste gets jealous and casts a spell on Sophie that alters her age.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
When inflammation alters the gut lining, those electrical patterns shift.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Mar. 2026
The order alters the timeline for decommissioning Schahfer, according to a previous NIPSCO statement, but compliance is mandatory, and NIPSCO’s long-term plan to transition to sustainable energy remains unchanged.
—Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
The medium that the signal travels through alters the signal’s properties as well, as an oncoming train sounds different from the air, with your ear to the ground, or from submerged in a body of water.
—Big Think, 6 Mar. 2026
The miracle fruit temporarily alters taste buds for about 30-40 minutes.
—Ivan Taylor, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for alters
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Imagine someone takes a real photo of a tense political event and modifies only a small portion of it.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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But as our perceptions of Clark shift with various revelations, Bateman masterfully modifies his bearing from blandly sinister to sweetly sincere and back again.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
1 Mar. 2026
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This bill fixes that at zero cost to manufacturers.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2026
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OpenAI also has plans to add an adult mode for ChatGPT, but that won’t arrive until the company fixes its age-prediction system.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
13 Mar. 2026
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The group’s bill also changes pharmacy benefit manager rebate programs to save money.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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The pool’s positioning also changes slightly with each model.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
25 Mar. 2026
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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
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The research explains that the breast remodels itself to prepare for nursing — and then when nursing is over, remodels itself again through a process called involution.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Bait, the new Prime Video miniseries Ahmed created, wrote, and stars in, is both an exercise in self-analysis and an interrogation of it, a breakneck romp through farce, satire, thriller, family drama, and romantic walk-and-talk that transforms itself in each of its six episodes.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
25 Mar. 2026
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Will Klein — Sometimes one outing transforms a player from being an average player to being a good-to-great one.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Alters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alters. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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