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change

[cheynj] / tʃeɪndʒ /


NOUN
act or fact of making different or becoming different
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Usage

What is another way to say change? To change is to make a material difference so that something is distinctly different from what it was: to change one's opinion. To alter is to make some partial change, as in appearance, while still preserving the identity: to alter a dress, as by raising the hem (to change a dress would mean to put on a different one).

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Only 5.7% of account holders made a change in their asset allocation despite market volatility, down from 6% a year ago, Fidelity said.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Few countries are more exposed to climate change than Tuvalu, a chain of coral atolls reckoning with acidifying oceans, tropical disease and rising seas.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

“Short-haul transport of methanol from Iran to the rest of the Persian Gulf; crew change in Dubai,” said one advertisement posted this month by a ship management company in the city of Xi’an recruiting seafarers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

They blossomed into one of the premier sports teams in the world, but the ownership change brought swift business changes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Forty, fifty, even sixty below zero—actual temperature, not windchill—seems to change everything.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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