modification
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The HSE said that the hazards arising from this modification had "not been properly identified or managed".
From BBC • Jun. 17, 2026
The companies also benefit from contracts that bring new revenue with each modification.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
It stops law enforcement agents, including federal agents, from “providing unauthorized access, disruption, modification, or seizure of voter rolls, voter lists, or certified voting technology,” without a court order.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
To investigate these effects, scientists tracked DNA methylation, a common epigenetic modification in which chemical groups containing carbon and hydrogen atoms attach to promoter regions that regulate whether genes are turned on or off.
From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026
Usually, linguistic change is a crucial marker of a modification in the way in which people think—it both facilitates that change and makes it easier for us to recognize it.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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