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modification

[mod-uh-fi-key-shuhn] / ˌmɒd ə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Doricko said there’s no chance Rainmaker’s actions — which were contracted by the nonprofit South Texas Weather Modification Assn. and on file with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — contributed to the flood.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025

Starting in 1795, it predates by eight years the publication of Luke Howard's the Essay on the Modification of Clouds.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

The research was funded as part of the Collaborative Research Center / Transregio 319 "RMaP: RNA Modification and Processing."

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2024

In November, a small plane operated by North Dakota-based Weather Modification Inc. arrived in Panama to test cloud seeding, the process of implanting large salt particles into clouds to boost the condensation that creates rain.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2024

“The Assumption under any Modification will I fear be Considered as a Bitter pill in this State,” ran one typical account, and “Arguments of Accommodation will have but little Avail.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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