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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 combination of arrogance and doctored intelligence that led the United States and its allies into the 2003 Iraq War is almost made for Hollywood. David Faris, TheWeek, 27 July 2026 This murky pour is decidedly brown and so heavily doctored with vitamin C and pectin that the flavor of pineapple is barely detectable. Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 20 July 2026 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
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
  • Adobe Stock Responsible AI is often treated as the price businesses must pay for using artificial intelligence.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike older buyers in their 40s and 50s who rely on cash flow to fund mortgages and college tuition, Philips has treated the business more like a compounding asset than a personal ATM.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The fairground’s conservation building has been repaired and updated in the last year, Casey said, and fair officials are excited to debut the new building at this year’s fair.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Signs now line the stream, warning people to stay out, even though the broken pipe is repaired.
    Ashley Paul, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Earnings, adjusted for one-time items, totaled 18 cents per share.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026
  • My trusty spreadsheet found another slice of improving economics across the Golden State by eyeballing the number of jobless workers in June, data not adjusted for seasonal swings.
    Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 3 Aug. 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
  • It was demolished in May and is being reconstructed to meet modern safety and use standards.
    Carson Bonner, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Hugging Face reconstructed its timeline after OpenAI came forward.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • By the time Carrick took the helm and moved from a wing-back system to a more straightforward front three, there was only half of the season left for anyone to try to build consistency in the role after having adapted to a different position.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • However, the catalyst has so far been demonstrated only as a model thin-film system, so additional work will be needed before it can be adapted for industrial reactors.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 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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