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change

[cheynj] / tΚƒeΙͺndΚ’ /


NOUN
act or fact of making different or becoming different
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Usage

What is another way to say change? To change is to make a material difference so that something is distinctly different from what it was: to change one's opinion. To alter is to make some partial change, as in appearance, while still preserving the identity: to alter a dress, as by raising the hem (to change a dress would mean to put on a different one).

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The Times: So what caused you to change your mind?

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

One young man observed that even the way I’d characterized the change in Bitcoin’s price as a loss of value was unnecessarily pessimistic.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

"The direct effect it has had on wildlife has been a gradual but noticeable change," he said.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

That makes Phobos both a preserved record of events billions of years ago and a moon that is continuing to change.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

Zara pushes through the door to the change room and answers her own question for me.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

We had to do a lot of changes within the personnel department to actually get people through the process in a reasonable manner.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

Because these whales own so much of the world’s Bitcoin, their large buy and sell orders can drive sharp changes in the price.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Indeed, comparing the daily changes in the S&P 500 and the 10-year Treasury shows the correlation is now the most negative over a 200-day period since 1997.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Why these breaks are used for clubs to make changes is plain to see.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

What I don’t have are memories from these past months, so I notice all the little changes.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

The game changed in the second quarter, when Ole Miss running back Kewan Lacy was knocked out by a shoulder injury.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

“You have solved for the richest among us—well done. If you solve for the least among us, those who can never thank you, you have changed the world.”

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

"I have so much respect for what Ben Stokes and Brendon did for this English side. They changed the landscape of cricket and that's a really powerful thing."

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

These sanitized accounts ignored the homemade dangers, such as the health problems fostered by an overstretched military — realities many children would face when a changed parent finally came home.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

“Yes, sir,” Elliot said as we changed direction and headed toward the kitchen.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin

The changing nature of the supply also creates challenges for lawmakers who are in a race to identify and ban dangerous new substances before they can spread legally and cause havoc.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Many existing technologies for steering or modulating light depend on changing the electronic properties of a material.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026

The cycle has closed with almost insulting neatness: a new intervention, a new moral vocabulary, a new consumer workaround — and Cartman, once again, looking for a way to change without changing very much.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Real-estate agents are changing their advice to home sellers as mortgage rates approach 7% for the fifth consecutive year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

I spent Saturday walking around town, changing the date on all of our tag sale posters.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy




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