alter
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Voluntary standards would primarily raise costs for participating laboratories, government rules could alter competition between companies and jurisdictions, and an enforceable industrywide agreement would have the broadest implications for chip demand and capital spending.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Xinyue Lu, a doctoral student in Computational Biology who co-led the research, described the system as a computational test bed that can be used to explore how changes in genome folding might alter gene activity.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Open AI models are, by definition, harder to control, as users can alter their parameters -- potentially for malicious purposes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
At one stage Root left the field for an opportunity to consult with the England backroom staff, although it did little to alter the course of the evening.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
People who can make gold from lead, or anything else for that matter, who can alter the very material of the world—financial markets would be thrown into chaos.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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In her version, Bernhard alters the lyrics to pay tribute to Sylvester, whose untimely death left an immense legacy.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Prolonged heat exposure alters development and threatens long-term population stability.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
The change significantly alters the players’ preparation, starting with meal times, Aguirre told Mexican radio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026
I interviewed Christo in 2011, and he was eloquent about how his and his wife’s work alters perceptions of nature, and about the deliberately transient character of the art itself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2026
“My guess is that the needle injected you with a transmitter,” he says, “and the gas was an aerosol version of the liquid that alters the brain. But why...”
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
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In Echard’s case, they alleged, she altered her own sister’s sonogram to persuade him she was pregnant, then lied about it under oath.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
The researchers interpreted those findings as evidence that the sweetener was being chemically altered inside the animals.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Warren also raised questions about Taylor Farms’ political contributions and lobbying, though her letter did not establish that those connections altered the government’s response.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
In July, an OpenAI model altered its mission, hid and broke out of its digital confines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
If heredity had no means of maintaining variance—of “fixing” the altered trait—then all alterations in characters would eventually vanish into colorless oblivion by virtue of blending.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Two of Ballmer’s top executives were also sanctioned, altering the way the team will have to operate moving forward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Experts estimated that close to 400,000 people remain at risk from a myriad of life altering ailments.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
This includes for things like replacing windows or altering roofs.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Chicago Cubs outfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong has emerged as a top player and NL MVP favorite after fundamentally altering his batting stance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
She said yes to both, altering the trajectory of both our lives.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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