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Organic microfossils usually become darker after they are buried because rising pressure and temperature gradually alter the material.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026
He also said he saw "no reason" to change Germany's laws on surrogate pregnancy or alter the CDU's longstanding opposition.
From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026
But because he is already serving two consecutive life sentences for related crimes, it will not alter the amount of time he spends in prison.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2026
The suit isn’t likely to alter OpenAI’s AI-device plans—Altman posted on X that he was “not afraid” of Apple—but it could be designed to slow OpenAI down by injecting legal concerns into its hiring efforts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
And we can, on occasion, deliberately alter some of these genes to change their functions, thereby resulting in altered human states, altered physiologies, and changed beings.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
He used his remission to promote CAR T-cell therapy, which genetically alters one’s cells to fight cancer, after he said chemotherapy stopped working.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The change significantly alters the players’ preparation, starting with meal times, Aguirre told Mexican radio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
Moreover, the repeal of this rule substantially alters settlement dynamics.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026
Salt also alters the blood vessels themselves to make them stiffer and increase the risk.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
How writing or just thinking your name alters my mood.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
The comparison isn’t illegitimate, but the scale is altered.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Changes in global temperature affected the size of polar ice sheets, which altered sea level.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
They also altered the structure by damaging or protecting specific sections, allowing them to see how neurons responded when the lattice changed.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
Years later, Messi acknowledged that the incident had altered the perception some Mexican fans had of him.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
It had once been a lively gathering place, but the Great September Fire had altered it permanently.
From "Willodeen" by Katherine Applegate
The debate is not about whether AI is real or whether it’s reshaping the U.S. economy by fundamentally altering corporate productivity, capital allocation and the labor market.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
The Bureau of Economic Analysis is altering how it measures several components of a price gauge watched by the Fed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Through photosynthesis, they would begin the extremely slow process of altering the planet's atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 17, 2026
They have known for decades that climate change is altering the frequency and intensity of several types of extreme weather events, including hurricanes, heat waves and extreme rainfall.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
"You did a good job altering the wedding dress, Baba," Turtle said, which made the dressmaker cry even harder.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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