Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tampering
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The party that fails this test will be remembered — if at all — as the one fiddling while Rome was automated.—
Matt K. Lewis,
Twin Cities,
19 Aug. 2025 -
Haggard was fiddling on the new strings when Marian, Dad’s mother, who’d taken over as the store’s bookkeeper, walked by.—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
7 Aug. 2025
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Stop fooling yourself and listen.—
Richard B. Williams,
Denver Post,
10 Sep. 2025
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And tech companies must do far more in the design of AI systems to prevent people fooling themselves into thinking these systems are conscious beings.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
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And despite the encroaching waves, which nibbled more of our NewFarms every month.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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With 26 million active or funded customer accounts, Robinhood is fast encroaching on incumbents like Charles Schwab (37 million) and is six times larger than Merrill Lynch.—
Martina Castellanos,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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That’s why his firm offers privacy-first, non-intrusive monitoring — no screenshots, no keystroke logging — using only numerical signals to reveal productivity trends without invading personal privacy.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Channeling history, Putin has staked a key part of his pretext for invading Ukraine on the claim that neo-Nazi ideology was gaining ground in the neighboring state also viewed as the next potential frontier for NATO expansion.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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In its heyday, the series was forced to contend with photographers trespassing on the set, hiding in bushes and trees in hopes of capturing major spoilers.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
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The driver refuses to get out and argues that police are trespassing on private property.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Rookie Anthony Belton, playing right tackle for an injured Zach Tom, had a holding penalty that negated a 39-yard touchdown to Jayden Reed.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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But there is something to getting in a room and all playing music together, which is what that record was born from.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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In 2008 and 2022, and in four intervening years, Fraser-Pryce has run the world-leading time (the fastest that calendar year).—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
13 Sep. 2025
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Unlike Hilleary, however, Thomas got to serve as governor of his state during the intervening time.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Tampering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tampering. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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