altering

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Cytokinins, for example, regulate both plant growth and secondary metabolism, so altering their levels can change plant structure and growth patterns.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

Joel Bodmer, 40, who stood for selection as Labour's candidate for the Croydon East constituency, has been charged with perverting the court of justice in relation to allegedly altering phone records.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

AI is altering nearly every aspect of the job process, and you can think of that as an opportunity.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

They accused the oil companies of creating a public nuisance by altering the environment and leaving the county to pay to abate growing hazards such as the flooding that tests roads and bridges.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026

‘If you mean, inventing all that about a “present”, well, I thought the true story much more likely, and I couldn’t see the point of altering it at all.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien