modification
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Knowledge flows easily between them thanks to a culture of publishing research and the Chinese developers’ preference for open-source technologies that are largely free for download and modification.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
This model of physicochemical modification could improve scientists' understanding of how oceanic plates develop and how large volcanic provinces reshape Earth's interior.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
"This doesn't preclude some relatively minor modification of the fiscal rules to allow somewhat more borrowing for investment, but not for current spending," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
An editorial in the Indian Express newspaper, which first broke the news, criticised the modification of the artefact, saying:
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 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
The findings instead point toward an epigenetic process involving histone modifications.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
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
Armed with the workout, sleep and other biometric data Flieller collects with fitness trackers, Anthropic’s Claude model suggests workout modifications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
While I worked with the horses, Tyson fixed up Athena’s chariot and added a whole bunch of special modifications.
From "The Sea of Monsters" by Rick Riordan
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