alter
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Murthy emphasizes that developing the ability to alter a genetic target does not automatically make doing so the best medical decision.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026
It has sparked a campaign in the village of Rossington, near Doncaster, with residents worried the proposal could permanently alter a centuries-old landscape.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
Instead, London is pursuing a "debt reset" plan for the poorest Commonwealth countries, led by former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown and which could alter interest rates on repayments.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026
Note to seniors: The recent changes to charitable deductions don’t alter qualified charitable distributions, or QCDs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
Radiation might knock out a piece of the cell’s DNA, change the structure of the cell wall, or alter the thickness of the fluid in the cell.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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In that scene, Rhys Harries impressively alters his own features without makeup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
Spanish meteorological research group Climatoc-Lab described it as "a manifestation of how global warming alters the hydrological cycle".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
The bank doesn’t think the announcement materially alters the core investment debate, as investors expected a restructuring would involve substantial charges and write-downs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 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
Much as a real mirror introduces changes of its own and does not reflect the simple truth, so this one alters the way the girl looks, revealing a deeper reality.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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El Niño is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon in which warm waters pooling in the eastern Pacific and altered wind patterns drive extreme weather events around the world.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
This suggests that collisions may have altered their surfaces much less than expected.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
Together, they have fundamentally altered the region’s security dynamics, sharply increasing demands on the U.S. and its allies that must track these Chinese movements and be ready to respond.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Target, which redesigned its gift-card program in 2024 to prevent tampering, reminds shoppers on its security webpage to look out for gift-card packaging that looks altered and to only check balances on a specific website.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
But now I know hardly anyone here; as ever, all is altered.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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The former Board of Public Works member suggested that altering the five-member panel should have been its own item, saying, “The longer the paragraphs are, the fewer words the public will read.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
The warming phase of a natural climate cycle, El Nino events temporarily elevate global temperatures, altering cloud and wind patterns, and raise the risk of damaging weather.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
Fintech founders have caught on to how Americans are altering their financial habits, and they’ve created new products to try to meet the moment.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
Barr revises the work, altering identifying details, and publishes it to acclaim as a novel of his own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
I’d watched him sketch those blueprints, watched him perform the calculations, altering this angle or lengthening that beam.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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