modification
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“A modification of the judicial retirement age could be added to the next budget, which is due by June 30, and would come into effect upon passage,” he said.
From Slate • May 11, 2026
It described the Teme as "one of the regions most important rivers", but said it faced challenges because of river modification, a loss of tree cover, eroding banks and pollution from surrounding land.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
“The sooner we snap out of our distaste for genetic modification, the better.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
What needs no modification, however, is the battered dignity of Sam’s presence.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
So though it looks like a polar opposite of the speech that went before it—Everett verbose and ornate where Lincoln was clipped; Everett concrete where Lincoln was abstract—it is a modification rather than a rebuke.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
Vocabulary lists containing modification
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