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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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“I guess the one place where retirees could be affected is if there’s a change in the way their Social Security benefits are taxed,” said Copeland.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

Most credit for that change goes to Johny Srouji, Apple’s hardware technologies leader who is taking over and expanding Ternus’s present job leading hardware engineering.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

In many ways, this change simply reflects how the lives of everyone on the planet have evolved in the same time period.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

The findings, published in Science, offer new insight into how protein systems change over time and how multicellular life developed in these ecologically important bacteria.

From Science Daily • Apr. 20, 2026

The tortoise’s sleepy gaze was fixed ahead, and while there was no change in his dull expression, Clare did not think he imagined that the shell-dweller grew irritated.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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