modify
verb (used with object)
to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend.
modifies
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present tense formof modify (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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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
Ferreira modifies these cells with a CAR that recognizes a specific surface protein placed on the beta cells.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 2, 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
County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic modifies the brothers’ original sentence to 50 years to life.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2025
Many of our “symptoms” of disease actually represent ways in which some damned clever microbe modifies our bodies or our behavior such that we become enlisted to spread microbes.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
