altering

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He has gutted the bathroom attached to the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House’s private quarters, altering its green Art Deco tile work to a sterile marble with gold fixtures.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

They rely on plasticity, the brain's ability to adapt by strengthening or weakening connections or by altering structure.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

Morens is facing five counts related to allegedly destroying, altering or falsifying records in a federal investigation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

Joel Bodmer, 40, who stood for selection as Labour's candidate for the Croydon East constituency, has been charged with perverting the court of justice in relation to allegedly altering phone records.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

‘If you mean, inventing all that about a “present”, well, I thought the true story much more likely, and I couldn’t see the point of altering it at all.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien