altered

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In northern Britain, evidence from this era is extremely rare because glaciers from the Ice Age heavily altered the landscape and destroyed many archaeological traces.

From Science Daily • May 20, 2026

But the text was altered significantly after negotiations among states, with climate change taking a back seat to national security or industrial interests in many countries.

From Barron's • May 18, 2026

The decades had altered the course’s identity with everything from new trees to renovated bunkers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

When Wilson died last summer, he was widely eulogized as one of the great visionary artists of our time, and his requisite for altered perception has only since flourished.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Sometimes they didn’t; false memories had been tried various times, generally in the mistaken idea that through them, reactions to testing would be altered.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick