change
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Medicare is about to change a drug program that held down the cost of premiums.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
If New Mexico isn’t careful in its spending, it could see its riches diminish without much meaningful change.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
However, incentivizing buying used EVs doesn’t result in new production, he noted: “That’s just a change of hands.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
Those in the wild today are descendants from a small population, meaning their genetic similarities make them particularly vulnerable to adapting to new pressures, like diseases or climate change.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
The Freedmen were a Muscogee Nation–level issue and climate change was a global one—bigger than the scope of a group of teenagers working together to create short-format video content.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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It still worked through a to-do list that included everything from menu changes to reining in corporate expenses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The prime minister said he would put "whatever political capital" he had "into fixing broken social care" but did not put a timeline on changes.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
Half-year sales dipped three percent to 7.2 billion euros on a reported basis but once currency exchange rates and changes to the business are stripped out they edged one percent higher.
From Barron's ● Jul. 28, 2026
Administration policy changes typically require a lengthy internal review period and time for public comment.
From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026
Phineas's seizures are probably caused by slow changes in brain tissue damaged in the original accident.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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The big declines in kids have changed the social fabric of cities across the country and are already hitting local public school systems hard.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
"The government focused on maximising network strength, but it did not pay attention to the way that the algorithms changed," said Joyojeet Pal, a professor at the University of Michigan.
From Barron's ● Jul. 29, 2026
Lisa-Kaindé: A lot has changed, personally and in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
I stirred miso butter into the rice, which was delicious but made the entire meal feel as though it had changed its name and moved to another neighborhood.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2026
Then I changed my mind and used up all of the school's hot water.
From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell
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Currie said the company was "broadening and innovating our menu in line with changing tastes and trends".
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026
“He has been a constant…where the main character seems to be changing too often,” Rogers said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
“That’s not great, but it’s not nearly as bad as changing the costs of the drugs.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Swift's primary mission lasted from 2004 to 2006, but the spacecraft has continued observing the changing universe for more than 20 years.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
I don’t know who it is because her face keeps changing.
From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott
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"Growing Together" and "When I Grow Up"
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