alter
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Example Sentences
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If you won $100 million — a life-changing sum — $5 million or $10 million could change her life and would not alter yours in any meaningful way as a newly minted multimillionaire.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
The 14th Amendment was intended to constitutionalize, not alter, the Civil Rights Act.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
A nonprofit exists to preserve them, but tour guide Teri Rommelmann said preservation efforts aren’t meant to alter the course of nature and time, but rather to save the work from sinking into the sand.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
Cricket's laws do not allow players to alter the condition of the ball, other than when shining it.
From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026
How silly she had been to think that time, distance, or anything else would ever alter her friendship with Miss Mortimer!
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
