alter
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Then there is Toby, the fictional, fez-donning cartoon cat that Baseman calls his alter ego.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
But investor appetite led Cerebras to alter that in a Monday filing with the U.S.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
That time span, which felt like an age, became the moment that has the capacity to alter the immediate course of history for Arsenal and West Ham United.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
Many variables can alter your pace from day to day or week to week.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 9, 2026
Usually he felt a stir of eagerness at this part of a chemical procedure—a thrill to create something no one else could, and alter the very structure of nature.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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