modify
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Alongside steroids and emollients, there are immunosuppressants; newer drugs which modify the immune system; and phototherapy which uses UV light.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Misha Laskin is a Russian-Israeli researcher who left Google to start Reflection, which is trying to build open-source AI models whose underlying code is freely available for anyone to use and modify.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Whether S&P Global would modify rules for SpaceX is hard to say.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
Open models are generally free for users to download and modify.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
“I’ll modify that slightly. He has never been seen to eat or drink. Never! Do you understand the significance of the word? Not rarely, but never!”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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