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as in modified
to make different in some way
can't you alter your plans just slightly so we can leave 10 minutes earlier?
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as in fixed
to remove the sex organs of
contends that cats and dogs that have been altered make better pets
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Recent Examples of altered
Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2025
One popular meme featured an altered world map where oceans had been renamed with American-centric titles.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
These foods are in their natural state or are barely altered.
—Korin Miller, Health, 20 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Parents had to balance surviving a deadly pandemic and raising their kids in a massively altered world.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2025
One popular meme featured an altered world map where oceans had been renamed with American-centric titles.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Verb
While the approach of this season’s All-Star Game has been altered to a tournament format, the basics for balloting have not changed from previous seasons.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2024
These foods are in their natural state or are barely altered.
—Korin Miller, Health, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for altered
Verb
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Comprising 42 pairs of chromosomes instead of the original 14, the DNA of modern wheat has been artificially modified.—
Marie Bladt,
Vogue,
24 Dec. 2024
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His duties and responsibilities will be modified, according to the resolution — a prospect Martinez challenged after the vote.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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What to do when pipes burst Lee Company has fixed hundreds of pipes this week as temperatures have consistently remained below freezing across Middle Tennessee.—
Craig Shoup,
The Tennessean,
22 Dec. 2024
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Corporate entities dealing in health care need to be fixed, without condemning the dedicated people who strive for the betterment of the patient.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Bay Area Home Report A 2,417-square-foot house built in 1962 has changed hands.—
Bay Area Home Report,
The Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2025
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Three months later, the market changed course rather suddenly.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In this world, the severance procedure literally splits the mind into work and non-work compartments, resulting in employees who live dual existences: one governed by the sterile demands of corporate productivity and the other shrouded in personal mystery.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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This is a sterile, forgettable little movie that has quickly come to function more as a time capsule than a salient bit of commentary, but there’s something valuable about the sobriety of its perspective.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Fountain Square has been remodeled several times since then.—
Victoria Moorwood,
The Enquirer,
26 Dec. 2024
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This is a 4-bed, 3-bath, 2,600-square foot, contemporary-style home that was built in 1973 and remodeled in 2019 in Pewee Valley.—
Lennie Omalza,
The Courier-Journal,
12 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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This Gilded Age rule—that those who act violently against individuals inherit the mantle of religious martyrdom, while those who act practically to improve a system are dismissed as impotent proceduralists—is visible in the continued appeal of the anarchist imagination.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Of course, that view of Trump and his movement invites an impotent rage that only further alienates persuadable voters.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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At Ulta Beauty Our best-selling blazer reworked in a TENCEL™ Lyocell and cotton blend.—
Ulta Beauty,
refinery29.com,
4 Jan. 2025
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The tune was reworked by the Yun Seok Cheol Trio, a renowned jazz group based in South Korea.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Altered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/altered. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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