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change

[cheynj] / tʃeɪndʒ /


NOUN
act or fact of making different or becoming different
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Usage

What is another way to say change? To change is to make a material difference so that something is distinctly different from what it was: to change one's opinion. To alter is to make some partial change, as in appearance, while still preserving the identity: to alter a dress, as by raising the hem (to change a dress would mean to put on a different one).

Example Sentences

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The affair also put a spotlight on Nestlé’s culture and drew attention to the Swiss company’s struggle to make its 2,000-plus brands relevant at a time of changing consumer tastes, inflation and trade tensions.

From The Wall Street Journal

Launched six years later, Master of Disaster has been updated this year to address more events exacerbated by human-driven climate change, such as landslides, drought and heatwaves.

From Barron's

But investors are still bracing for a central bank marked by unusual division, a potentially weaker chair and the lingering threat of more radical change.

From The Wall Street Journal

"China developed so fast, there was no time to educate people about ecology and once adults values are formed, they're really hard to change. Maybe they can't be changed in a lifetime."

From BBC

"Here in Tokyo, it used to be much older people who moved out here to work, but that has changed recently," he says.

From BBC