modification
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Amy Eskridge, an independent researcher who died in 2022, co-founded the Institute for Exotic Science in Huntsville, Ala., which specialized in quantum computing and gravity modification.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026
It described the Teme as "one of the regions most important rivers", but said it faced challenges because of river modification, a loss of tree cover, eroding banks and pollution from surrounding land.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026
What needs no modification, however, is the battered dignity of Sam’s presence.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
"Mid-life is a time where risk factor modification can have a greater impact."
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
One minor modification that readers will already have noticed is that the Semitic and Greek g became the Roman and English c, while the Romans invented a new g in its present position.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing modification
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