alteration
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Netball is mindful of all possibilities and one alteration is that the quadrennial World Cup is going biennial from next year.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But in another alteration, Damon’s Odysseus fires an arrow into the already blinded Cyclops’ eye as he escapes, giving the monster’s father, Poseidon, a new reason to make his journey home miserable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
This alteration doesn’t make the film’s action less compelling, merely PG-rated and all-ages friendly.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
The company is paying for overtime for its more than 3,000 alteration specialists as needed to meet the demand.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
The alteration — for example "flat five" or "sharp nine" — is listed in the chord symbol.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus continued to ring the changes as he again made 10 starting alterations.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
The renovation also included some alterations to the lavish interiors of the Qatari royal family’s private plane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
For women with BRCA1 gene alterations, those lifetime risks increase to 72% for breast cancer and 44% for ovarian.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Metabolic changes follow, with epigenetic alterations appearing later.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 11, 2026
It belonged to itself now, and cared not at all how I felt about these strange alterations, about whether I wanted to stop being a child, and become something else.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
Vocabulary lists containing alteration
Vocabulary from The Articles of Confederation
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