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modify

[mod-uh-fahy] / ˈmɒd əˌfaɪ /




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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

A supervisory government body must retain authority to review enforcement decisions and to approve, modify or reject regulations created by private organizations.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

“It was too late to modify it by the time the foundation was poured, and we had to live with it,” he says.

From MarketWatch Jul. 6, 2026

In its most recent quarterly securities filing, Boeing described the work as a $4 billion fixed price contract "to develop and modify two 747-8 commercial aircraft."

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

As a child I was taught, for example, that the words soap in soap flakes and that in that boy were adjectives, because they modify nouns.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

The system even allows a rider to transmit their real-time heart rate so that the e-bike motor modifies the level of assistance as needed.

From Barron's Jun. 28, 2026

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

CAR T-cell therapy takes the patient's own T-cells, modifies them and then reintroduces them back into the blood stream to help fight the cancer.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2025

NIH funding supported, among others, the development of CAR T cell therapy, which genetically modifies a patients’ own T-cells to fight cancer.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 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

It’s a step up from the previous Starship test, which included deploying 20 Starlink simulators and two modified satellites.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

The internal slogan of Facebook used to be “move fast and break things,” before it was modified to “move fast with stable infrastructure.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

STV and regulator Ofcom agreed a modified scheme but this did little to appease the Scottish government, unions, and critics including local business groups.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

But the terms of those contracts could be modified given the change in ownership, the filing states.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

But Wyatt now said that he, together with Seymour Cohen and A1 Hershey, had evidence that these phages contained a modified type of cytosine called 5-hydroxy-methyl cytosine.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

"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

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

These unhealthy treats have contributed to modifying a diet usually made up of fruit, vegetables and seeds.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

Since you have two, we're comfortable with you modifying one.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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