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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
  • And injuries that once ended careers can now be repaired through outpatient procedures.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
  • But anyone that’s had it in their possession knows the value, it can actually be repaired for about $100.
    Larry Holder, New York Times, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • However, a key flaw in this study’s design was that the researchers adjusted away the differences in prehospital care by comparing patients in similar conditions upon hospital arrival.
    Cal Chengqi Fang, The Conversation, 14 July 2026
  • Social Security benefits are adjusted annually through cost-of-living adjustments to help those monthly checks keep pace with inflation.
    Lorie Konish, CNBC, 14 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
  • 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
  • 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
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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“Doctored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctored. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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