alter
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The nation’s second-largest school system, with about 390,000 students, faces evolving challenges and uncertainties that could alter the direction of the district for years.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
The only tournaments where he can significantly alter and improve his already stellar career are done and dusted three months from now.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
The Gulf country said in a statement that it would exit the cartel effective May 1, adding that the decision wouldn’t alter its “commitment to global market stability,” state-run news agency WAM reported.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026
A single dominant trait can reshape competition and alter the balance within a species in a short time.
From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026
And we can, on occasion, deliberately alter some of these genes to change their functions, thereby resulting in altered human states, altered physiologies, and changed beings.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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