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But the mics also picked up reporters chatting, and embarrassing comments went beyond their frequent use of the hyper-localized and outdated NorCal modifier “hella.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Scientists from Mass General Brigham and the Broad Institute are exploring new therapeutic approaches and have identified a genetic modifier that could point toward a future treatment strategy.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2025

But Helen Knight, NICE’s director of medicines evaluation, argues that the severity modifier is working.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2024

My team also uses fruit flies to identify modifier genes and then test how they influence disease in neurons from patients with FTD or ALS.

From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2023

Recall from chapter 4 that grammatical categories like adjective are not the same thing as grammatical functions like modifier and complement.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

“Sales of our proteins and modifiers have increased 300 to 400%. They’ll substitute out three ounces of chicken and get a full chicken breast, which is eight ounces of chicken.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026

At the same time, management described customization as a $1 billion-a-year business, built on high-margin modifiers such as cold foam, milk alternatives, and protein add-ins that allow customers to personalize nearly every beverage.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

Researchers note that further mechanistic studies will be needed to understand why the same genetic modifiers can have opposite effects on different repeats.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2026

The main thrust of these accounts has been that suspensions do not work as behavior modifiers.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023

Other examples of modifiers include the underlined words in the phrases walks on four legs, swollen feet, met him on the road to Thebes, and the shepherd whom Oedipus had sent for.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker