the change

noun

informal + old-fashioned
: the time of menopause when a woman stops menstruating

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From next year, the team will switch to Mercedes engines, and will hope to capitalize on the change in the technical regulations to move up the order. Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025 But those in the live music world still feel the change is noticeable. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2025 Wake up, the change-maker is calling! Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025 In 2025, some companies replaced their customer service operations with AI chatbots only to reverse course within days because the change sent customer complaints soaring. Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the change

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