alter
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Duncan insisted that Consumers’ Research did nothing to change or alter this area of the law, because it involved an arrangement that ostensibly gave a federal agency more oversight than the FTC has here.
From Slate • Jun. 12, 2026
I pawed through the outer lands of my mother’s closet before asking if I could alter a navy trapeze-style dress she no longer wore.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
BOJ Gov. Kazuo Ueda will miss the meeting due to hospitalization, but his absence is unlikely to alter the expected rate decision.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
The idea is not strict enforcement, but deterrent measures to alter player behaviour.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Usually he felt a stir of eagerness at this part of a chemical procedure—a thrill to create something no one else could, and alter the very structure of nature.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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