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as in to change
to make different in some way
he modified the appliance so that it would run more quietly
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Recent Examples of modify
To avoid being detected by Meta, cybercriminals are constantly modifying their domains and publishing new ads daily.
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Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 3 June 2025
Weather or unforeseen conditions may modify the schedule.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2025
Stressing the high degree of deference owed to arbitration, a federal judge in Pennsylvania on Friday rejected NFL agent Todd France’s motion to vacate or modify an arbitrator’s award in favor of NFL agent Jason Bernstein.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 June 2025
Legislative process: What happens next The Senate will modify the bill and will be in constant communication with President Trump and House leaders.
—Mike Sylvester, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
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Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 3 June 2025
Weather or unforeseen conditions may modify the schedule.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2025
Stressing the high degree of deference owed to arbitration, a federal judge in Pennsylvania on Friday rejected NFL agent Todd France’s motion to vacate or modify an arbitrator’s award in favor of NFL agent Jason Bernstein.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 June 2025
Legislative process: What happens next The Senate will modify the bill and will be in constant communication with President Trump and House leaders.
—Mike Sylvester, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for modify
Verb
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What begins as a family reunion turns into a disturbing chain of events that alters the balance between the world of the living and the dead, infecting an entire neighborhood with voices from beyond.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
2 June 2025
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Familiarity with those three helped Kirk learn when his pitchers’ offerings are especially locked and when he’s got to alter the plan.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Founded in 2014, Kering Eyewear was a pioneer in changing the business model for luxury groups in the eyewear category, straying from the well-trodden licensing business model.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
10 June 2025
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The real question is whether their presence changes the fundamental nature of what these events represent.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
10 June 2025
Verb
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Iran, one of the countries named, has qualified for the World Cup.—
Anne M. Peterson,
Chicago Tribune,
8 June 2025
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The nadirs were England’s senior men’s side failing to qualify for the 2008 European Championship and the under-21s getting beaten 4-0 by their German counterparts in the age group’s Euro 2009 final.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
Verb
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It was remodeled by its subsequent owners—the brothers who owned the F. W. Woolworth Company—in the style of Versailles, an over-the-top gesture that from a twenty-first-century vantage point looks quintessentially nouveau riche, and quintessentially New Jersey.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
11 June 2025
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The home design cable network bought the house to remodel and give to a lucky viewer.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
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Apartments would transform into humid hothouses, the perfect habitat for mosquitoes, water snakes, fungus, and rushes.—
Sarah Durn,
Popular Science,
5 June 2025
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These firms illustrate how legacy businesses have transformed into crypto leaders, even if their IPOs predated the sector’s rise.—
Tomer Niv,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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“Modify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modify. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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