Example Sentences

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Altering our shopping habits for good would require “a very fundamental shift in our relationship to the things in our lives,” Colwell said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Though he wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Let’s Hit ‘Pause’ Before Altering Humankind,” Baltimore admitted later that genome-editing would in all probability take place sooner rather than later.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

Altering her return position helped Swiatek fight back from a poor start, where she was overwhelmed by Sabalenka's power, and take the match into a decider.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025

Altering the landscape could damage places that would otherwise serve as climate refugia under future climate conditions.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2024

Altering Waist Patterns The waist pattern may be made shorter by laying folds across both back and front.

From Textiles and Clothing by Watson, Kate Heintz