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adjective

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verb

past tense of modify
1
as in altered
to limit the meaning of (as a noun) adjectives are words that modify nouns, while adverbs can modify adjectives and verbs

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2
as in changed
to make different in some way he modified the appliance so that it would run more quietly

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Recent Examples of modified
Adjective
The company used a modified Cessna Caravan for the journey, which ended near North Carolina’s Outer Banks. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026 The Giants ran a modified version of the tush push, with 300-pound fullback Pat Ricard motioning behind Dart to help the quarterback surge forward on his sneaks. — Dan Duggan, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Roche developed a tool to identify the point on the government bond yield curve where the bond yield equals its modified duration. — Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026 Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Safeway, Raley’s and most major Sacramento-area supermarkets will be open with regular or modified hours, but Costco and its gas stations will be closed Monday. — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 7 Sep. 2026 Offices will operate under modified hours, and FedEx Custom Critical will be available. — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2026 The drive was led by Las Vegas Rock Crawlers, which supplied modified Jeeps and guided the caravan. — Michael Febbo, The Drive, 2 Sep. 2026 One of them would only be able to interact with the normal ribosomes, while the other could only interact with a separate population of ribosomes engineered to use a modified RNA. — ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026 This enabled the modified immune cells, called CAR-T cells, to recognize B7-H3 and attack the cancerous cells after being returned to the patients. — Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026
Verb
Mercedes-Benz Stadium will also be modified to accommodate the team before its inaugural season. — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026 These devices were first built for high-energy particle physics but later modified to serve as light sources. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026 Paxton, the state’s attorney general, announced last week his office was launching an investigation into whether the 1999 deed was lawfully modified. — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026 Templates are modified, plug-ins are added, integrations are patched together and developers create work-arounds. — James Fratzke, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026 But, argue the plaintiffs, the Nazis’ lists were often modified at the request of unscrupulous dealers. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 25 Sep. 2026 Mercedes also modified the truck with single rear tires and expedition equipment. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 This feature was modified from its original version on September 18, 2026. — Charles Moss, SPIN, 16 Sep. 2026 The Luna Cottage is based on a 20-ft (6-m)-long shipping container, but it has been heavily modified with a door and windows, plus given a uniform coat of paint. — New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for modified
  1. restricted
  2. altered
  3. changed
  4. limited
  5. qualified
  6. remodeled
  7. specific
  8. reworked
Adjective
  • The owner of a San Gabriel Valley technology company was arrested Thursday after federal prosecutors charged him with smuggling more than $300 million of restricted computer hardware to China.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • These behaviors were rarely seen in the absence of cocaine, illustrating how a normally varied set of actions can become restricted to a persistent behavioral pattern, according to a press release.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of restricted
Verb
  • Spending one year of AmeriCorps service as a mentor altered her path slightly, but not by much.
    — The Sacramento Bee staff, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Furthermore, 62% reported unexpected AI cost spikes that altered strategic business decisions.
    — Aruna Veerappan, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of altered
Verb
  • Also check whether the company has changed its privacy policy or added new controls.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • If records are made to be broken, then stats are made to be changed.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of changed
Adjective
  • On many days, limited regular sun should be fine, even on cloudy days.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026
  • DeKalb County on Thursday filed a lawsuit alleging that two limited liability companies associated with the founder of a local film studio breached a land-exchange contract with the county involving Intrenchment Creek Park.
    — Reed Williams, AJC.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of limited
Verb
  • The city partnered with The Fax Partnership and Mile High United Way to distribute grants of up to $15,000 to some businesses who qualified for relief.
    — Brian Sherrod, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • This is the fourth time both have qualified for postseason play.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of qualified
Verb
  • In 2001, the architecture critic and scholar Robin Middleton bought a former tile factory on East 13th Street and remodeled it to match his unconventional life.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Parsons gutted the building — which hadn’t been used in a long time — and remodeled the entire building with new floors, walls, lighting, kitchen equipment.
    — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of remodeled
Adjective
  • In addition, only officers who have completed one of five specific agency training courses can conduct vehicle stops.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Each critic portrayed the historical monument as an object of reverence owing to age, with specific reference to the psycho-historical implications of restoration or, conversely, of neglect.
    — Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of specific
Verb
  • Haskins initially played Principal Belding on Disney Channel show Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was reworked after one season and became Saved by the Bell.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026
  • The range this season spans across apparel and footwear, with familiar Adidas heritage silhouettes seen reworked through Chavarria’s design lens that balances athletic references with his fashion point of view.
    — Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of reworked

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“Modified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modified. Accessed 4 Oct. 2026.

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