modifier

These genes are known as epigenetic modifier genes because they influence gene activity by adding chemical groups to DNA and altering its structure.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2024

“Recycled is a positive modifier in most contexts but that isn’t necessarily the case when it comes to gold or silver,” she said.

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2024

Lynch’s dystopian novel, which won the Booker Prize on Sunday, is at once so particularly Irish yet so universally familiar that it deserves the overused modifier “Kafkaesque.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

Toni Morrison’s isn’t functioning as a modifier, which shades the meaning of genius, but as a determiner, which pins down its referent, in the same way that an article like the or this would do.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

He seldom refers to coal without the modifiers “clean” and “beautiful.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 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

Its members are of intense scientific interest because they hold clues to genetic modifiers of, and potential treatments for, Huntington’s disease.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2023

Brittney is the kind of person for whom active verbs and modifiers were invented.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe