modification
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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
His modification of a Land Rover Discovery for calf-feeding rounds - an off-road milk float - earned him third place in the Farmers Weekly inventions competition in 2020.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
“A modification of the judicial retirement age could be added to the next budget, which is due by June 30, and would come into effect upon passage,” he said.
From Slate • May 11, 2026
“Your city is one of those experiments for genetic healing, and by far the most successful one, because of the behavioral modification portion. The factions, that is.”
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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