modifier
Example Sentences
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These genes are known as epigenetic modifier genes because they influence gene activity by adding chemical groups to DNA and altering its structure.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
It's what earns his narcissism the modifier "malignant."
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025
But Helen Knight, NICE’s director of medicines evaluation, argues that the severity modifier is working.
From BBC • Oct. 17, 2024
“Recycled is a positive modifier in most contexts but that isn’t necessarily the case when it comes to gold or silver,” she said.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2024
Toni Morrison’s isn’t functioning as a modifier, which shades the meaning of genius, but as a determiner, which pins down its referent, in the same way that an article like the or this would do.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing modifier
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Parts of Speech - Middle School
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