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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
  • At a hospital in Sokoto, records shared with AP show nearly 40 children previously treated for malnutrition since February are currently under treatment again, in addition to those not documented.
    ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
  • When the musician was first diagnosed, it was believed her condition would be easily treated with radiation, but complications required her to undergo multiple surgeries.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2026
Verb
  • The system was not properly repaired, the lawsuit says, until May 2025, four months after Urrutia died.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • After working with us, the team redesigned the product so that only a few parts were disposable while the rest could be repaired and reused.
    Clyde Eiríkur Hull, The Conversation, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Sheehan adjusted, navigating the next three innings efficiently without giving up a run.
    Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • After about 30 minutes, eyes should be adjusted to the dark enough to see the meteor showers, according to the agency.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 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
  • For the first time, astronomers have reconstructed the magnetic field of an entire cluster of galaxies, from its central nucleus to its outer limits.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 July 2026
  • Mendieta made installations of these silhouette works, too, one of which is reconstructed in the exhibition under the careful guidance of her niece, Raquel Cecilia Mendieta.
    Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • There’s also a massive best seller (Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko), a cult classic that got adapted into an Oscar-winning movie (Percival Everett’s Erasure), and a middling historical novel (Julian Barnes’s The Noise of Time)—none of which has been banned.
    Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
  • There are many species native to North America and adapted to a variety of growing conditions, so choose one suited to your region.
    Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 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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“Doctored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctored. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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