alter
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The court had ruled in favor of the attorneys’ clients, halting the deportation of three family members from India, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, and the disciplinary ruling did not alter that November decision.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Companies change guardrails, alter models and reshape AI personalities overnight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
"This result does not alter the tasks we face at the United Nations. Germany remains a reliable pillar of the multilateral system," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
"Cooling rate and time at elevated temperature can alter chemical speciation and particle formation."
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
The difficulty comes in trying to separate my eyes from my eyebrows, which alter my face much the way that varying punctuation marks can change the meaning of a sentence.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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