alter
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Example Sentences
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Is Verstappen's threat to quit a lever to alter rules?
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
“It keeps markets in a constant state of anticipation, as any unexpected deviation, whether toward a deeper slowdown or higher inflation, could significantly alter monetary policy expectations,” he says.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026
They can quickly alter both the color and texture of their skin, a capability scientists have long tried to replicate in man-made materials.
From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026
In some regards this narrator, a husband and father, is Mr. Lerner’s most mature alter ego, but he often seems like the same schlemiel as the feckless grad student in “Leaving the Atocha Station.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026
It was not, however, enough time to prevent the course of events, only to alter them; which the passengers and crew did bravely, even though it cost them all their lives.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
