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- verb Present participle of
alter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the sterilization of an animal
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Examples
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While this is a bit more complicated than other simple steps, it will help you greatly in altering the atmosphere that surrounds you.
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What really needs altering is that Progressives have got to reach the other side's voters.
Lara M. Gardner: Progressives Must Change Lara M. Gardner 2010
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What Connecticut is saying is that those Supreme Court precedents should now be ignored because the state of Connecticut has a vested interest in altering the traditional governing structure of the Catholic Church.
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I never thought about the possibilities in altering boxes.
One More Altered Box 2009
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Likewise, the Lord of the Rings films took wide pleasure in altering the stories, but they were done with care and love and produced films you could be happy with.
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Conservatives object when progressives attempt to make life better through government action because they see no point in altering a pre-ordained order of things, and they think that the less government there is the better.
When the kids ask how America could fall so far so fast (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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If the island was moved to a pre-Purge time, then it is possible that those who stayed behind could have a hand in altering events on the original timeline.
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Wheeler says Earnhardt must walk a fine line in altering his image because his fan base is mostly slightly upper-middle-class between 18 and 35.
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We had no hand in altering or updating the series.
Is long the new short? Roger Sutton 2008
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Much easier for them to dismiss these crowds as “obamabots” than to acknowledge that Obama has inspired a huge cross-section of the population to become thoughtfully invested in altering the destructive path this country is on.
Obama Picks Stadium for Acceptance Speech - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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