alter
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The measure would alter the tax so the median salary is calculated for all workers, not just local ones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
That won’t alter the costs dramatically, but increasing the income ever-so-slightly every year will have a positive impact and can create a more psychologically satisfying experience for your fiancée as a landlord.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
It also said it would try to ensure that "people from working class and regional backgrounds do not feel they need to alter their behaviour, accents or language to fit in with the civil service".
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
By carefully engineering the atomic interactions where two materials come into contact, the team was able to significantly alter the properties of a metallic material.
From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026
According to the New York Times, "it's been estimated by some intelligence experts that Mr. Walker provided enough code-data information to alter significantly the balance of power between Russia and the United States."
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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