alter
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However, it did little to alter their Premier League fortunes.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
But investor appetite led Cerebras to alter that in a Monday filing with the U.S.
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
Scientists say the slowdown stretches across a large section of the Atlantic Ocean and could eventually alter weather patterns around the world.
From Science Daily • 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
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
Vocabulary lists containing alter
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