Example Sentences

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A day, week, or even a month later, these mice were altering their behavior to avoid where they were previously frightened.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

Television dollars were altering the business of college sports.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 2022

Carroll and general manager John Schneider even said that they were altering their draft plans this year, by “making less excuses for players” and putting fewer names on the board.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2018

At the moment when the idea of the biological clock was taking off, changes in the economy were altering how work and time were organised.

From The Guardian • May 10, 2016

They were altering their course, bearing straight down on the Astrea.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham