alteration
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Is Julia’s changing perception a result of some fundamental alteration in her husband?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Initially declared a success with "no visible alteration" to the 70-metre-long tapestry following its arrival, France last week said two broken threads were spotted during a full condition check.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
That alteration came about as the deal for Morocco international Ayyoub Bouaddi had not been completed, so Guehi played alongside fellow England international Anderson.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
About 67% of mammal species and 41% of bird species responded to the combination of human presence and landscape alteration by reducing the amount of habitat they used.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
The boy hated Toby from the start, for reasons not unlike those that caused you to hate me when we first met in the alteration room.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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Let’s see how it works, and let’s do it on a basis that we can make alterations, we can make modifications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
This included growth in residential building in July, driven by a rise in home alterations and improvements as well as new construction of most dwelling types.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
The debate as to whether there should have been alterations to the leadership after the Ashes has become a moot point, because England have nevertheless ended in a post-Bazball era.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
Most of these alterations are trivial, although one major change, coming near the end, is a very bad idea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
As long as Homo erectus did not undergo further genetic alterations, its stone tools remained roughly the same—for close to 2 million years!
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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