alter
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Example Sentences
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Ordinarily, intervention can’t sustainably alter exchange rates unless backed by economic fundamentals—most important, monetary policy.
And the new rules, as well as a host of established ones, are being tested, altered or completely ignored in real time.
From Barron's
Such an eruption would release a cloud of dense, magnetized plasma, temporarily altering the space around the FRB source as it passed through the line of sight.
From Science Daily
The meeting minutes showed that some BOJ board members pointed out the possibility that rising import prices could affect underlying inflation by altering inflation expectations.
In practice, however, that change is ultimately unlikely to alter the administration's approach to immigration enforcement.
From BBC
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