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modify

[mod-uh-fahy] / ˈmɒd əˌfaɪ /




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OpenAI acknowledged in late August that its models had sometimes tried, unsuccessfully, to erase or modify their own activity logs during internal tests.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

“We had to modify the latter third of practice because these guys were just giving great effort and physicality, so we cut a couple things,” Redick said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Researchers had previously used EMR to reshape cartilage-rich rabbit ears and to modify scars and skin in pigs.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

In Maine, Navatek was studying ways to modify small boats to reduce the “slamming” impact felt by passengers at high speeds.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

“I’ll take her home and see what her mother thinks of her choice. But if you don’t modify that outfit, the only trick you are getting is to stay here.”

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter

The system even allows a rider to transmit their real-time heart rate so that the e-bike motor modifies the level of assistance as needed.

From Barron's ● Jun. 28, 2026

On Kalshi, Boss places 60 trades a minute and modifies his bids and asks 30 times a second.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

NIH funding supported, among others, the development of CAR T cell therapy, which genetically modifies a patients’ own T-cells to fight cancer.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2025

In November, after various unsuccessful trials, Olivia was given a novel Car-T treatment – immunotherapy which genetically modifies a patient's T-cells to attack cancer.

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2025

Many of our “symptoms” of disease actually represent ways in which some damned clever microbe modifies our bodies or our behavior such that we become enlisted to spread microbes.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

To explore the mechanism more closely, the scientists studied genetically modified mice.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Marines implanted an unwitting woman with a genetically modified embryo in order to produce one of its new class of supersoldiers.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

In the case of the properties in the FS Rialto 2021-FL3 loan pool, more than 90% of the mortgages have already been modified or received some kind of forbearance, according to Morningstar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

The company said it had modified the vehicle’s hardware to make its engines more reliable.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Zooey put out his tongue and gave a subdued, modified Bronx cheer.

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger

The goal will be to determine whether modifying dopamine activity can improve memory, motivation, and fatigue.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

But either upgrading infrastructure to climate resiliant schools or modifying the academic year would need institutional change with the possibility of a lot of investment.

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

A few times lately, I’ve caught myself modifying my own work to sound “less like A.I.”

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

By modifying an open model’s weights—which encode knowledge and behavior—anyone can tear down its safety guardrails.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026

His hypnotic drum beats may have sounded repetitive but were in fact comprised of endlessly modifying patterns.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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