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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).

Example Sentences

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Treasury yields settled little changed as Wall Street pondered the risk of a prolonged conflict in Iran.

From The Wall Street Journal

After backlash against the potential for OpenAI’s deal with the Pentagon to allow for mass surveillance, the company changed its agreement to explicitly state that domestic surveillance isn’t allowed.

From The Wall Street Journal

Within hours, the discourse on the Arab street changed.

From The Wall Street Journal

"That's not going to change. I still fully intend to do that."

From BBC

The pair, both 23, have been drafted in as part of wholesale changes to a team that has lost two of its first three games in the Six Nations.

From BBC