alteration
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The diversity of those compounds provides further evidence that the Hillsborough material experienced more extensive alteration by water than most other CM-type meteorites.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Netball is mindful of all possibilities and one alteration is that the quadrennial World Cup is going biennial from next year.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But in another alteration, Damon’s Odysseus fires an arrow into the already blinded Cyclops’ eye as he escapes, giving the monster’s father, Poseidon, a new reason to make his journey home miserable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Alfonsi refused, arguing — correctly, as it turned out — that administration officials refused to appear on air and that any alteration would reflect poorly on the network.
From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2026
The alteration of the past is necessary for two reasons, one of which is subsidiary and, so to speak, precautionary.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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Castillo, at a hearing earlier this year, said she understands the concept of gene-editing animals for health reasons, but doesn’t want to see the alterations for cosmetic reasons.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The renovation also included some alterations to the lavish interiors of the Qatari royal family’s private plane.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
For women with BRCA1 gene alterations, those lifetime risks increase to 72% for breast cancer and 44% for ovarian.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026
Many of these alterations repeatedly appeared in the same five cancer driver genes, suggesting that microglia were accumulating mutations in a specific set of genes.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026
I’m sure they’re talking about the alterations they’ve made to themselves.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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