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modify

[mod-uh-fahy] / ˈmɒd əˌfaɪ /




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To investigate, the researchers used gene-editing techniques to modify GLP-1 receptors in mice, making the receptors more similar to those found in humans.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

It plans to make the model open-weight soon, meaning it will be available for developers to download and modify.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Unlike closed, proprietary American systems from OpenAI or Anthropic, Kimi K3's open nature allows global users to modify the system for advanced reasoning and complex software development.

From BBC Jul. 17, 2026

"Open-source" or "open-weight" models work differently: the developers release the model's core files for anyone to download, modify and run on their own computers.

From Barron's Jul. 9, 2026

Bell thought he could modify the device to find the bullet in Garfield's body.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

On Kalshi, Boss places 60 trades a minute and modifies his bids and asks 30 times a second.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

It modifies a law dating to 2006 that forced foreign investors to form joint ventures with state oil company PDVSA, which insisted on a majority stake.

From Barron's Jan. 29, 2026

County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic modifies the brothers’ original sentence to 50 years to life.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2025

In November, after various unsuccessful trials, Olivia was given a novel Car-T treatment – immunotherapy which genetically modifies a patient's T-cells to attack cancer.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2025

Many of our “symptoms” of disease actually represent ways in which some damned clever microbe modifies our bodies or our behavior such that we become enlisted to spread microbes.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

The team then restored p58IPK in one of the modified cell lines.

From Science Daily Jul. 28, 2026

Direct Roth IRA contributions are off limits for single filers with modified adjusted gross incomes of $168,000 or more and couples with incomes of $252,000 or more.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

To combat the blazes, "18 aircraft have been deployed since this morning", he said, adding that a specially modified A400M military transport aircraft would be used again.

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

The proposal targets individuals with modified adjusted gross incomes of more than $400,000, and would cap contributions to traditional or Roth retirement plans if they have more than $10 million in tax-sheltered retirement accounts.

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

It was my staple thank-you, get well soon, any holiday, and most often goodbye card and could be modified to almost any animal.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

"I don't fully know what the gun was, because it was old... and Gramps did some modifying," he wrote.

From BBC Jul. 11, 2026

This approach is significantly more efficient and cost-effective than ex vivo therapy, which requires harvesting a patient’s cells, modifying them in a lab, and re-infusing them.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

The U.S. has been constantly modifying the B-52 to extend its life.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 16, 2026

Saronic built its first prototype in under six months by modifying an $800 Amazon raft with $30,000 worth of cameras, sensors and batteries, Mavrookas said in the podcast interview.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

Kast had records and clearly remembered modifying Walter's truck in May 1987, over six months after the day when Hooks and Hightower claimed they'd seen a low-rider truck at the cleaners.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson




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