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modify

[mod-uh-fahy] / ˈmɒd əˌfaɪ /




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Xi himself is encouraging Chinese AI firms to develop more affordable, open-source models - which allow people, companies and countries to modify it as they wish.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2026

In 2021, Cravath announced plans to modify its compensation system, which kept lockstep largely in place, but allowed 15% of its profits to be divided among its highest performers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

It will help us explain why in the Ramesside period, officials such as Paser chose to reuse, modify or build tombs adjacent to the monuments of the preceding 18th-dynasty elites.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

So unmarried couples with shared embryos may want to modify the terms of the contract signed with the fertility clinic as part of a prenup process.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

“I’ll modify that slightly. He has never been seen to eat or drink. Never! Do you understand the significance of the word? Not rarely, but never!”

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

On Kalshi, Boss places 60 trades a minute and modifies his bids and asks 30 times a second.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

Developed in partnership with Gilead Sciences, the treatment is a so-called CAR-T therapy that extracts a patient’s T-cells and modifies them to target cancer cells.

From Barron's Dec. 9, 2025

CAR T-cell therapy takes the patient's own T-cells, modifies them and then reintroduces them back into the blood stream to help fight the cancer.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2025

County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic modifies the brothers’ original sentence to 50 years to life.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2025

Considering the whole span of earthly time, the opposite effect, in which life actually modifies its surroundings, has been relatively slight.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

Marines implanted an unwitting woman with a genetically modified embryo in order to produce one of its new class of supersoldiers.

From Slate Sep. 22, 2026

Then there are electric dirt bikes from manufacturers such as Sur-Ron which look like mountain bikes but are capable of about 50mph - and 70mph or more if modified.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Environmental Protection Agency approval for a genetically modified all-male strain that is currently being tested in the field.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

The company said it had modified the vehicle’s hardware to make its engines more reliable.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

The rooms had all been converted into one-room efficiency apartments, and each unit had been modified to meet the very specific needs of a full-time gunter.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The bulk of the canal's construction work involved widening, deepening and modifying existing waterways, while a small section had to be excavated, Xinhua said.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

But either upgrading infrastructure to climate resiliant schools or modifying the academic year would need institutional change with the possibility of a lot of investment.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

A few times lately, I’ve caught myself modifying my own work to sound “less like A.I.”

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

Evolution does not aim for perfection; it works with what is available, modifying structures step by step.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

Spangler is devastated—a great deal of work has gone into modifying the theater’s storage space so that the carriage will fit.

From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly




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