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change

[cheynj] / tʃeɪndʒ /


NOUN
act or fact of making different or becoming different
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Usage

What is another way to say change? To change is to make a material difference so that something is distinctly different from what it was: to change one's opinion. To alter is to make some partial change, as in appearance, while still preserving the identity: to alter a dress, as by raising the hem (to change a dress would mean to put on a different one).

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Habits are hard to change, however; American buyers still shifted toward larger vehicles, such as SUVs and full-size trucks, and away from compact and subcompact cars in March, according to Cox’s Kelley Blue Book.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

"He gradually, very slowly, started to change," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

Now that scientists have confirmed how to detect MCCPs in the air, the next step is to track how their levels change over time.

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

He argues that this pressure is necessary to force regime change and a flowering of private enterprise.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

It made a change from weeding, and the barn swallows followed to catch the bugs the mower scared up, so you weren’t eaten alive.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck




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