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as in alterations
the act, process, or result of making different
the positive change in our students' attitude toward people who are somehow different was a long and gradual process
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as in fluctuations
the frequent and usually sudden passing from one condition to another
there is nothing so constant as change itself
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as in modifies
to make different in some way
my wife has changed the look of our living room more times than we care to remember
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as in shifts
to pass from one form, state, or level to another
the weather in New England is constantly changing
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as in exchanges
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 changes
Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Slowly but surely, changes have occurred.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
Deutsche Bank analysts said in the report last week that Fed officials seem to be coalescing around the idea that reducing the balance sheet will be a slower process that requires more fundamental changes at the central bank.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Policy changes to expand rental supply Recognizing the accommodation crunch, local governments have taken steps to expand the supply of available rentals.
—Taylor Haught, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
Just to keep pace with population changes, the state needs about 34,100 new homes and apartments a year.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
Those changes created reserves in the Social Security trust funds, which have helped make up the difference since payroll taxes alone stopped covering full program costs around 2010.
—Martha Shedden, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
The best chance for inserting changes likely is the House, where a large number of lawmakers from both parties have expressed concerns.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
That changes with the S/C, which stands for Sport Cabriolet (the car is unrelated to the old 911 SC, or Super Carrera).
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2026
AmEx changes the American lexicon American Express invested a lot in its marketing and advertising — many campaigns became award-winning industry standouts — and many have become part of the American vernacular.
—Nancy Cutler, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Why this matters to families This update changes how Roblox works at a fundamental level.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
And in a city that changes as quickly as Charlotte, dependability starts to feel like heritage.
—Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
The agency would need to publish a final decision before anything officially changes.
—Amanda Seitz, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
For collectors, that transparency changes everything.
—Carl Juste, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
Xi is not a transactional politician who improvises policy on a whim, who posts his intentions on social media, or changes his mind in the meeting.
—Michael Sheridan, Vanity Fair, 8 Apr. 2026
Noun
Travelers flying to, from and within Europe could soon see major changes to baggage fees, as lawmakers consider requiring airlines to include carry-on bags in ticket prices.
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
Slowly but surely, changes have occurred.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
Deutsche Bank analysts said in the report last week that Fed officials seem to be coalescing around the idea that reducing the balance sheet will be a slower process that requires more fundamental changes at the central bank.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
Policy changes to expand rental supply Recognizing the accommodation crunch, local governments have taken steps to expand the supply of available rentals.
—Taylor Haught, Kansas City Star, 21 Apr. 2026
Just to keep pace with population changes, the state needs about 34,100 new homes and apartments a year.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026
Those changes created reserves in the Social Security trust funds, which have helped make up the difference since payroll taxes alone stopped covering full program costs around 2010.
—Martha Shedden, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
The best chance for inserting changes likely is the House, where a large number of lawmakers from both parties have expressed concerns.
—ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
Against a backdrop of tennis courts, luxury hotels, and colonial privilege, simmering tensions erupt as Lan’s brother Tran rejects his wealthy family’s collaboration with the French to join Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary cause, setting off an assassination that changes everything.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 15 Apr. 2026
That changes with the S/C, which stands for Sport Cabriolet (the car is unrelated to the old 911 SC, or Super Carrera).
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Apr. 2026
AmEx changes the American lexicon American Express invested a lot in its marketing and advertising — many campaigns became award-winning industry standouts — and many have become part of the American vernacular.
—Nancy Cutler, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Why this matters to families This update changes how Roblox works at a fundamental level.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
And in a city that changes as quickly as Charlotte, dependability starts to feel like heritage.
—Timothy Depeugh, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026
The agency would need to publish a final decision before anything officially changes.
—Amanda Seitz, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
For collectors, that transparency changes everything.
—Carl Juste, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
Xi is not a transactional politician who improvises policy on a whim, who posts his intentions on social media, or changes his mind in the meeting.
—Michael Sheridan, Vanity Fair, 8 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for changes
Noun
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As a 5-footer, my favorite part is that the pants are available in a petite-friendly inseam, along with four other inseam options, limiting the need for alterations.—
Melony Forcier,
PEOPLE,
15 Apr. 2026
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Together, these alterations reveal that our sense of bodily self is not rigid but can be reshaped, at least for a short time, by changing the information the brain receives.—
Utkarsh Gupta,
Scientific American,
15 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There’s still much to discover about the biology underlying these distinctions, but research suggests that hormonal fluctuations throughout life, differences in upper airway anatomy, and even social stigmas about how women should sleep are likely at play.—
Katie Camero,
SELF,
16 Apr. 2026
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The metric excludes pricing and foreign exchange fluctuations to reflect demand more accurately.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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
Verb
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By nudging or priming people with these human-like cues, then that shifts us more into the warmth dimension.—
Nina Metz,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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The charter also shifts ACIP’s mission in subtle but important ways, according to Richard Hughes, the AAP’s attorney.—
Berkeley Lovelace Jr,
NBC news,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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To address the challenge, the team designed a swap gate based purely on geometric phases, that exchanges the quantum state of two qubits.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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Dorian Gray, the Victorian era’s proto-Clavicular, literally exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty—a move that the looksmaxxing community would seem to endorse wholeheartedly.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
19 Jan. 2026
Noun
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These differences reflect uncertainty about the size of the tax base, the challenges of administering the tax, and how buyers and sellers will respond.—
Martha E. Stark,
New York Daily News,
21 Apr. 2026
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The president was asked about reports that Iran said there were still significant differences in their positions on a possible deal.—
Kathryn Watson,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For instance, light particles like positrons (or electrons, in this experiment) need extremely fast oscillations, gigahertz (GHz) frequencies, to stay confined.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Apr. 2026
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European markets’ Tuesday oscillations followed a four-day Easter break, after finishing Thursday’s session in mixed territory.—
Hugh Leask,Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
7 Apr. 2026
Verb
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An El Niño is a natural temporary and cyclical warming of parts of the central Pacific that alters weather across the planet.—
Seth Borenstein,
Fortune,
9 Apr. 2026
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Importantly, research suggests that psilocin also alters the brain’s ability to strengthen or weaken neural connections, referred to as synaptic plasticity.—
Hollis Karoly,
The Conversation,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Changes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/changes. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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