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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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The woman experienced severe neurologic symptoms, including fever, headache, and an altered mental state.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 3 June 2025
The altered structure is the result of a compensation study completed in April by consultant McGrath Human Resources Group.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
And his altered pitch mix hasn’t shown positive results.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Mozilla has less to say about Fakespot's potentially altered future.
—Kevin Purdy, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
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Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 3 June 2025
The altered structure is the result of a compensation study completed in April by consultant McGrath Human Resources Group.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2025
And his altered pitch mix hasn’t shown positive results.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 29 May 2025
Mozilla has less to say about Fakespot's potentially altered future.
—Kevin Purdy, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
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“Altered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/altered. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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