alteration
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Among other counts, he’s charged with conspiracy and “destruction, alteration, or falsification” of government documents.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
All three share the same alteration in the GPX4 gene, identified as the R152H mutation.
From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025
She cites an alteration in the “tone of their correspondence,” pointing to “a declaration, a recognition, or more” that “changes everything.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
UFC had argued that the alteration of the water carried health risks.
From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025
Gene, protein, function, and fate were strung in a chain: one chemical alteration in one base pair in DNA was sufficient to “encode” a radical change in human fate.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing alteration
Vocabulary from The Articles of Confederation
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