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modify

[mod-uh-fahy] / ˈmɒd əˌfaɪ /




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The review highlights advances in therapies designed to directly modify immune activity, including topical anti-cytokine biologics that disrupt persistent inflammatory signaling.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026

While the suits focused on shoes that included a carbon plate, Tenforde says max-cushion shoes can modify biomechanics independent of that feature.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

“That’s what we do for any new work or projects that modify the system.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Nevertheless, more than 50 countries, external are developing programmes to modify the weather and a surge of start-ups are developing systems to create rain.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

That confirmed Bram’s anxieties and he came to me the next day and urged me to modify the speech.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

T cell receptor therapy, known as TCR therapy, is a form of cancer treatment that genetically modifies immune cells called T cells so they can recognize and attack cancer with high precision.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026

On Kalshi, Boss places 60 trades a minute and modifies his bids and asks 30 times a second.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

It modifies a law dating to 2006 that forced foreign investors to form joint ventures with state oil company PDVSA, which insisted on a majority stake.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

CAR T-cell therapy takes the patient's own T-cells, modifies them and then reintroduces them back into the blood stream to help fight the cancer.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025

Considering the whole span of earthly time, the opposite effect, in which life actually modifies its surroundings, has been relatively slight.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

They could also be genetically modified to recognize specific cancer markers and strengthen broader immune responses.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

They identified how these proteins recognize invading pathogens and demonstrated that they can be modified to detect multiple fungal threats.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

"They modified the design again, again, and again to improve it."

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

In 2012, the shuttle landed at LAX on top of a modified Boeing 747 and made its final voyage across Los Angeles to the California Science Center at Exposition Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

If so, modern Japanese are descendants of Korean immigrants who developed a modified culture of their own over the last 2,000 years.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The goal will be to determine whether modifying dopamine activity can improve memory, motivation, and fatigue.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Barkley, who lives with his fiancée, Anna Congdon, and their three young children in a Philadelphia suburb, talked about modifying his workouts, taking inspiration from Kobe Bryant and his animal-themed meditation technique.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The bulk of the canal's construction work involved widening, deepening and modifying existing waterways, while a small section had to be excavated, Xinhua said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

A few times lately, I’ve caught myself modifying my own work to sound “less like A.I.”

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

Since you have two, we're comfortable with you modifying one.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir


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