modify
Example Sentences
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The IRS can modify its formula that sets RMD amounts for any given year.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026
The Air Force says that $400 million to modify the plane went to security measures, not aesthetics.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
Coffee may modify what microbes do collectively, and what metabolites they use.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
Todd Spitzer has vowed to prosecute parents who allow their children to ride e-motorcycles, or modify e-bikes to function as such, calling the devices a “loaded weapon.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
The psychologist muttered, “I should have been told. U. S. Robots had no right to modify positronic brains this way without the approval of a psychologist.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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