changed

past tense of change
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as in shifted
to pass from one form, state, or level to another the weather in New England is constantly changing

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as in exchanged
to give up (something) and take something else in return would you mind changing your seat so my friends can sit together?

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Recent Examples of changed Minogue then changed into a minidress made from a vintage jersey T-shirt with a lace-up detail down the side, finished with leather piping, corsetry ribbon and gold hotfix crystals. — Patty Huntington, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2026 Instead of searching for another material that could overcome these restrictions, the UC San Diego team changed the light itself. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026 And while the platform and culture may have changed, the thrill of the hunt—and occasional buyer’s remorse—has not. — Adam Erace, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026 After budget deliberations this summer, state legislators changed course and decided to partially fund the program. — Priyanka D McCluskey, NPR, 26 Sep. 2026 Duszczyk said that the world today has changed since the 1950s, when countries recovering from the traumas of World War II created a system of international law, including refugee rights, meant to protect individuals from state violence. — Claudia Ciobanu, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026 That changed in 2013, when a small, dark body orbiting between Saturn and Uranus passed in front of a star and blinked twice on either side of the main event, revealing two narrow rings around an object barely 250 kilometers across. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 19 Sep. 2026 Blakespear worked out significant amendments to the bill throughout the legislative session, and affordable housing groups that opposed it earlier in the year changed their position to neutral. — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2026 Over the past 25 years, the mix of problems experienced by September 11 survivors has changed, too. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for changed
Verb
  • Templates are modified, plug-ins are added, integrations are patched together and developers create work-arounds.
    — James Fratzke, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • But, argue the plaintiffs, the Nazis’ lists were often modified at the request of unscrupulous dealers.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Frazier was shifted from left to right tackle to fill in for Andrew Sprague, who missed a second straight game with an injury.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The 10-year yield’s rapid climb above 5% shows how quickly investors’ expectations have shifted toward additional tightening from the Federal Reserve in light of stubborn inflation.
    — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The two exchanged photos and talked about their goals for the future.
    — Eamon Javers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
  • A'ja Wilson exchanged words with a fan in Indy after this play.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Spending one year of AmeriCorps service as a mentor altered her path slightly, but not by much.
    — The Sacramento Bee staff, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Furthermore, 62% reported unexpected AI cost spikes that altered strategic business decisions.
    — Aruna Veerappan, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The palette varied slightly between the earlier period and the later years.
    — Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The hastiness helps to explain why the administration’s defenses of the order varied so exotically.
    — Aidan McLaughlin, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The researchers synthesized two iron tetra-azaphthalocyanines in which nitrogen-containing heterocycles swapped the peripheral benzene rings in conventional iron phthalocyanine.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2026
  • On Days of Ash, a drum performance or two was swapped out for a drum machine.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • In 2001, the architecture critic and scholar Robin Middleton bought a former tile factory on East 13th Street and remodeled it to match his unconventional life.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Parsons gutted the building — which hadn’t been used in a long time — and remodeled the entire building with new floors, walls, lighting, kitchen equipment.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Since then, the results have fluctuated between middling and downright putrid, and entering this year, Aranda was said to be on his last leg.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Suicide rates in the United States generally steadily rose from 2000 to 2018, and have fluctuated and slightly declined since then according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Changed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/changed. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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