modification
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In implementing the law, the government further defined "harm" to include "significant habitat modification or degradation where it actually kills or injures wildlife by significantly impairing essential behavioral patterns, including breeding, feeding or sheltering."
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
He ordered two new planes from Boeing in 2017, but they are still undergoing extensive military modification with the first not expected to be delivered until mid-2028, months before he leaves office.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Horvath said the county hopes to receive tens of millions of dollars in state funding for additional brush clearance, fuel modification, home hardening and other initiatives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
The HSE said that the hazards arising from this modification had "not been properly identified or managed".
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
He said it this morning, too—he said his Whisperer was ‘undergoing modification.’
From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart
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Gribble's team is now testing whether histone modifications are responsible for the maternal age effects observed in the rotifers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
The device features a privacy recording light to notify wearers when it’s recording, but modifications available all over the internet allow users to sidestep it.
From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026
The group also asked the Justice Department whether modifications to the settlement had the support of Trump, his two sons and their businesses, who brought the lawsuit.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
A donated Qatari jet used as Air Force One will undergo additional modifications this fall.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
But two important modifications to this rule were necessary to complete the scheme.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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