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change

noun as in something made different; alteration

noun as in act or fact of making different or becoming different

noun as in substitution; replacement

noun as in smaller currency in exchange for larger

verb as in substitute, replace

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Example Sentences

One agency executive said that it would be surprising if advertisers return en masse in early August without commitments to address advertisers’ desired changes.

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The government had estimated that the rule changes would cause about 70,000 women, and at most 126,000 women, to lose contraception coverage in one year.

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His team’s mandate is to back companies tied to major long-term shifts in areas like climate change and health care.

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The picture and the pace at which it was changing were dizzying.

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The focus was on low-cost ergonomic changes that reduced physical stress.

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Term limits could be a prescription to speed change along.

And as he adjusted to this change in circumstances, he screamed at himself a second time: Wait!

When we meet them, their lives are unfulfilled, and at no point are we convinced their condition will change.

If we want that to change, then all of us have to encourage our legislators to make funding community policing a priority.

Whatever happened overtook them both within a minute or so of that altitude change request, and they were never heard from again.

In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.

The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.

Never was a change more remarkable than that which had come upon Mrs. Collingwood.

When the whole hunt is hunting up, each single change is made between the whole hunt, and the next bell above it.

Almost, he saw her visibly change—here in the twilight of the little Luxor garden by his side.

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When To Use

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).

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On this page you'll find 296 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to change, such as: adjustment, development, difference, modification, revision, and shift.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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