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That could weaken plants' natural defenses and alter which species become dominant within tropical forests.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

Off-track conversation has been dominated by this all year, and rules are changing for next year to alter the energy split to try to ameliorate the issue.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

And after saying he doesn’t believe music can alter the world, he offered a closing comment that suggests maybe he really does.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The results get particularly interesting—with failure rates as high as 85.4%—when we alter the baseline assumptions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

In my view, a transparent number now counts down the seconds I have to alter the landscape.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

This effectively alters the cosmic ruler used to measure distances and, in turn, the value of the Hubble constant inferred from the model, helping to ease the Hubble tension.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

That alters the calculation about when to draw benefits.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

In her version, Bernhard alters the lyrics to pay tribute to Sylvester, whose untimely death left an immense legacy.

From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026

Infant formula is designed to provide the correct balance of nutrients for babies when mothers cannot or choose not to breastfeed, and adding extra water alters that balance.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

“None of this alters the validity of the work done with HeLa cells,” she wrote, “but it may be worth noting—for the record.”

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

The U.S. release ended up with an altered track listing that highlighted the group’s folkier leanings; Joni Mitchell wore the grooves out on her copy and slipped “Norwegian Wood” into her coffeehouse sets in Detroit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

If primordial magnetic fields altered it in a way that disagreed with observations, the idea could be ruled out.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 4, 2026

The yields can be altered depending on the type of crude used and the configuration of the refinery, but not by much.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Hickey said it would be unfair on other entrants if it turned out the winning video was unfairly altered by AI.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

My throat tightens as I see this altered version of my uncle lying there.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

About a decade ago, the practice was still allowed across all US state but more and more states have been altering laws.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The little-marketed benefit is altering the traditional math around when to claim.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Experts estimated that close to 400,000 people remain at risk from a myriad of life altering ailments.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

A young man from Modesto heads to USC during the death throes of the studio system and ends up altering the course of Hollywood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

In being man-made — by ingenious laboratory manipulation of the molecules, substituting atoms, altering their arrangement — they differ sharply from the simpler insecticides of prewar days.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson