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: made different in some way
… she addressed me again, speaking in very altered tones; so altered, that I hardly recognised them as hers.—
Wilkie Collins
Wilkie Collins… no great change had taken place inside him, but his exterior was visibly altered.—Booth Tarkington
Booth Tarkington2
: castrated sense 1a
I've noticed that my altered cats and my older cats have more dandruff than the unaltered and younger ones.—Susie Page
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Researchers found that in utero exposure to phthalates is linked with altered metabolism of neurotransmitters and amino acids involved in brain maturation, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications.
—Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
As the retail chain begins to close its doors, craftsmen throughout the country are coming face-to-face with the new reality of an altered industry.
—Elizabeth Grace Coyne, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
The altered code can especially benefit network-dominant applications like data centers whose traffic levels fluctuate during the day, because the change is automatic and dynamic based on network traffic load.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2025
Even the artists themselves often cannot distinguish the altered version from the original when viewed side by side.
—Hessie Jones, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 2 Apr. 2025
As the retail chain begins to close its doors, craftsmen throughout the country are coming face-to-face with the new reality of an altered industry.
—Elizabeth Grace Coyne, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
The altered code can especially benefit network-dominant applications like data centers whose traffic levels fluctuate during the day, because the change is automatic and dynamic based on network traffic load.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Mar. 2025
Even the artists themselves often cannot distinguish the altered version from the original when viewed side by side.
—Hessie Jones, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for altered
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“Altered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/altered. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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