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as in treated
to give medical treatment to
a pledge to doctor the burn victims until they were whole again
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as in repaired
to put into good shape or working order again
spends his spare time doctoring old clocks
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as in adjusted
to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation
slightly doctored his standard campaign speech for a collegiate audience
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Recent Examples of doctored
Louis Peitzman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 June 2026
On the negative side, doctored recruiting film is also becoming a thing.
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Antonio Morales,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
By that time, the White House TikTok account already had posted a video, doctored using artificial intelligence.
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Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
And that's why the sky in the back of Rob's was, doctored.
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Outside Online,
11 Mar. 2026
Stalcup says that after the data was stolen, it was doctored and shared by the former employee, who was vindictive about being fired for cause.
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Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
16 Feb. 2026
The participants were then shown the images again, except this time the pictures had been slightly doctored using AI.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
26 Jan. 2026
Former employees of Concentric Educational Solutions say the Baltimore City Public Schools vendor deliberately doctored records.
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Brooke Conrad,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Jan. 2026
Jennifer also doctored an acceptance letter from Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University).
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Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
The fake image claimed the official Nintendo names for the blocks were Orange Ricky, Blue Ricky, Cleveland Z, Rhode Island Z, Hero, Teewee, and Smashboy — but the image had been doctored.
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Louis Peitzman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 June 2026
On the negative side, doctored recruiting film is also becoming a thing.
—
Antonio Morales,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
By that time, the White House TikTok account already had posted a video, doctored using artificial intelligence.
—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
And that's why the sky in the back of Rob's was, doctored.
—
Outside Online,
11 Mar. 2026
Stalcup says that after the data was stolen, it was doctored and shared by the former employee, who was vindictive about being fired for cause.
—
Paul Flahive,
Austin American Statesman,
16 Feb. 2026
The participants were then shown the images again, except this time the pictures had been slightly doctored using AI.
—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
26 Jan. 2026
Former employees of Concentric Educational Solutions say the Baltimore City Public Schools vendor deliberately doctored records.
—
Brooke Conrad,
Baltimore Sun,
11 Jan. 2026
Jennifer also doctored an acceptance letter from Ryerson University (now Toronto Metropolitan University).
—
Jessica Sager,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctored
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Navarro, who pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy in August, was sentenced Friday in Manhattan by federal Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil for being part of a conspiracy to distribute and administer adulterated and misbranded drugs for racehorses.
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Breast cancer survivor Nancy Clifton-Hawkins, who was treated at the City of Hope, bought the phone on EBay for $50.
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More the former than the latter, sure, but both men are not overly pleased at the way they’re being treated.
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In Lebanon, at least 100,000 children risk missing out on school unless classrooms damaged by Israeli strikes are urgently repaired or rebuilt before September, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF has warned.
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The access points to the below-ground enrichment halls have not been repaired.
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Several communities in the Pittsburgh area have adjusted their trash pickup times as the region is bracing for a heat wave with temperatures and heat indexes expected to be near 100 degrees this week.
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The difference is that this time, they’re being received by institutions who have recognized the market creators built for themselves and adjusted their approach accordingly.
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What emerged was a startling portrait of manipulated devotion that culminated in Jeffs' 2006 arrest by the FBI.
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Mazzola, 43, also allegedly participated in an armed robbery to steal a manipulated shuffling machine.
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The mound, which had been bulldozed but painstakingly reconstructed, was eventually destroyed again for residential construction.
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In 2016, Fitzpatrick had a 15½-hour surgery where doctors reconstructed half her tongue, using veins and arteries from her arm and thighs.
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Players on Team Mexico certainly have been under such conditions way long enough to have adapted.
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Early settlers adapted European cooking traditions using ingredients available in North America, the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress (CSPC) reported.
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Without much public debate or planning, these semi-engineered levees took on a critical and unintended role.
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“Doctored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctored. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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