as in change
the act, process, or result of making different
there's been an alteration in the intended route of our bird walk
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Recent Examples of alteration
Still another level of access, administrator privileges, could grant the broad ability to control a system, including hiding evidence of other alterations.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Figueroa pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States; destruction, alteration, falsification of records in a federal investigation; obstruction of departments or agencies; and adulteration or misbranding of food and drugs.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Woods was charged Tuesday with 102 felony counts in connection with longstanding and widespread manipulation, deletion and alteration of DNA testing data during her 29-year career with the CBI.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2025
Nordstrom Locals are service hubs in convenient locations providing online order pickups, alterations, returns, exchanges, stylists and gift wraps.
—David Moin, WWD, 18 Feb. 2025
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
Figueroa pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States; destruction, alteration, falsification of records in a federal investigation; obstruction of departments or agencies; and adulteration or misbranding of food and drugs.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
Woods was charged Tuesday with 102 felony counts in connection with longstanding and widespread manipulation, deletion and alteration of DNA testing data during her 29-year career with the CBI.
—Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2025
Nordstrom Locals are service hubs in convenient locations providing online order pickups, alterations, returns, exchanges, stylists and gift wraps.
—David Moin, WWD, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for alteration
Noun
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It can be used for good: to spark social change, to warn of danger, and to foster relationships.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Her legal name change—a prerequisite for other document changes—wasn’t granted until shortly before Trump’s inauguration.—
Madison Pauly,
Them,
24 Feb. 2025
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In 2012, for example, 49% of Americans responding to the General Social Survey, a long-standing national survey that measures societal change, said Black-white differences in income, housing and jobs were due to a lack of willpower on the part of Black people.—
Karyn Vilbig,
The Conversation,
27 Feb. 2025
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If learning the difference in roles that wielding a switch axe has in contrast to a hammer doesn’t sound complex enough there are elemental weaknesses and resistances to keep in mind around each monster.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2025
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Aliah Anderson In Proenza Schouler at The Road to the Golden Globes Party at TIFF. Penske Media/Getty Images Cannes served as a launchpad for another recurring motif in their press looks: body modification.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
1 Mar. 2025
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The car’s engine remains in place, along with its seven-speed paddle-shift automatic transmission and all other modifications originally made by Aston Martin.—
Alistair Charlton,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Alteration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alteration. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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