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doctored

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verb

past tense of doctor
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as in treated
to give medical treatment to a pledge to doctor the burn victims until they were whole again

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Recent Examples of doctored
Verb
The fake image claimed the official Nintendo names for the blocks were Orange Ricky, Blue Ricky, Cleveland Z, Rhode Island Z, Hero, Teewee, and Smashboy — but the image had been doctored. Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026 On the negative side, doctored recruiting film is also becoming a thing. Antonio Morales, New York Times, 1 May 2026 By that time, the White House TikTok account already had posted a video, doctored using artificial intelligence. Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026 And that's why the sky in the back of Rob's was, doctored. Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2026 Stalcup says that after the data was stolen, it was doctored and shared by the former employee, who was vindictive about being fired for cause. Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 16 Feb. 2026 The participants were then shown the images again, except this time the pictures had been slightly doctored using AI. Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 26 Jan. 2026 Former employees of Concentric Educational Solutions say the Baltimore City Public Schools vendor deliberately doctored records. Brooke Conrad, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2026 Jennifer also doctored an acceptance letter from Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University). Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctored
Adjective
  • Navarro, who pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy in August, was sentenced Friday in Manhattan by federal Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil for being part of a conspiracy to distribute and administer adulterated and misbranded drugs for racehorses.
    Stephen Edelson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2021
Verb
  • Breast cancer survivor Nancy Clifton-Hawkins, who was treated at the City of Hope, bought the phone on EBay for $50.
    Staff Photographer, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • More the former than the latter, sure, but both men are not overly pleased at the way they’re being treated.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
Verb
  • Each of the ramps being repaired along the route will be closed for three consecutive nights.
    Noah Daly July 10, Idaho Statesman, 10 July 2026
  • Trust is repaired through consistency, not perfection, Aquarius.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • The platform generates the complete plan behind it and flags when that plan needs to be adjusted based on progress and changing circumstances.
    Desiree’ Stapleton, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
  • On the ground floor are a golf simulator and a putting green that can be adjusted for uphill, downhill, and off-camber putts.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 July 2026
Adjective
  • What emerged was a startling portrait of manipulated devotion that culminated in Jeffs' 2006 arrest by the FBI.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Mazzola, 43, also allegedly participated in an armed robbery to steal a manipulated shuffling machine.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Agents propose the move, make it and book it, and the audit trail falls out as a byproduct instead of getting reconstructed three weeks later.
    Rahul Bhatia, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • The mound, which had been bulldozed but painstakingly reconstructed, was eventually destroyed again for residential construction.
    Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Players on Team Mexico certainly have been under such conditions way long enough to have adapted.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Early settlers adapted European cooking traditions using ingredients available in North America, the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC) reported.
    Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Adjective
  • Without much public debate or planning, these semi-engineered levees took on a critical and unintended role.
    Farshid Vahedifard, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025

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