alter
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Voluntary standards would primarily raise costs for participating laboratories, government rules could alter competition between companies and jurisdictions, and an enforceable industrywide agreement would have the broadest implications for chip demand and capital spending.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Xinyue Lu, a doctoral student in Computational Biology who co-led the research, described the system as a computational test bed that can be used to explore how changes in genome folding might alter gene activity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Open AI models are, by definition, harder to control, as users can alter their parameters -- potentially for malicious purposes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
Rapid searches, repeated refreshing, blocking scripts or cookies, and privacy tools that alter browser settings can have a similar effect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Volpe arranged to alter the rehearsal schedule so his Jesus would miss only a small portion of each week’s wrestling practices.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
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In her version, Bernhard alters the lyrics to pay tribute to Sylvester, whose untimely death left an immense legacy.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Infant formula is designed to provide the correct balance of nutrients for babies when mothers cannot or choose not to breastfeed, and adding extra water alters that balance.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The change significantly alters the players’ preparation, starting with meal times, Aguirre told Mexican radio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Because Donaldjohanson's shape is uneven, those tiny forces do not cancel out completely and instead create a twisting effect that gradually alters the asteroid's rotation.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
Much as a real mirror introduces changes of its own and does not reflect the simple truth, so this one alters the way the girl looks, revealing a deeper reality.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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That our faces can, with new medical and cosmetic technology, be altered only further intensifies this tension.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
On the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, we’re reflecting on how the tragedy permanently altered the media landscape and digital communications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
The warming generated a Rossby wave train that traveled toward the continent, helped establish a north-south circulation pattern over East Antarctica, altered the movement of moisture, and increased regional snowfall.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
What’s even more frustrating is that, when it was first announced, the Met said the exhibition would address the derogatory conduct that fundamentally altered Galliano’s career and reception.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
The Anubis figure, for example, would make no sense as a dog god, so Artemis altered it to read king of the fairies.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
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Experts estimated that close to 400,000 people remain at risk from a myriad of life altering ailments.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
This includes for things like replacing windows or altering roofs.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
This largely involved using different weighted bats designed to teach players how to move their bodies faster without altering their core swing mechanics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
New research suggests the gene variant may begin altering brain activity well before memory problems become noticeable.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
They were altering their course, bearing straight down on the Astrea.
From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham
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