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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 alterations
These financial pressures have resulted in a thorough restructuring plan that requires significant cuts and alterations to their existing operations.
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George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
The entire look cost $6,000 to create, the price tag including the fittings, sketches, fabrics and unlimited alterations, plus the prototype dress used for fittings and the actual one worn on Christmas Eve.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
For Carroll, these transient, yet deeply unsettling, perceptual alterations may have been the inspiration for Alice’s jarring journey.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
The new law specifically bans the sale of products that can make the alterations.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 27 Dec. 2024
Secretary of the Continental Congress Charles Thomson came up with a design, which, after some alterations, was adopted on June 20, 1782.
—Jeanine Santucci, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2024
These alterations have profoundly impacted the business environment for all stakeholders involved.
—Mark Lasota, Ph.d., Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
There was no one to do their alterations, as there would have been for white people shopping in the same department store, so most black women either knew how to sew or someone in their family knew how to alter their clothes.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Among these is the introduction of a third car, driven by Ryan Preece, as well as various crew alterations aimed at boosting the team's competitiveness.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
The entire look cost $6,000 to create, the price tag including the fittings, sketches, fabrics and unlimited alterations, plus the prototype dress used for fittings and the actual one worn on Christmas Eve.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
For Carroll, these transient, yet deeply unsettling, perceptual alterations may have been the inspiration for Alice’s jarring journey.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
The new law specifically bans the sale of products that can make the alterations.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 27 Dec. 2024
Secretary of the Continental Congress Charles Thomson came up with a design, which, after some alterations, was adopted on June 20, 1782.
—Jeanine Santucci, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2024
These alterations have profoundly impacted the business environment for all stakeholders involved.
—Mark Lasota, Ph.d., Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
There was no one to do their alterations, as there would have been for white people shopping in the same department store, so most black women either knew how to sew or someone in their family knew how to alter their clothes.
—Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
Among these is the introduction of a third car, driven by Ryan Preece, as well as various crew alterations aimed at boosting the team's competitiveness.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Alterations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/alterations. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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