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Example sentences for: alter

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Stress may alter meaning in ways unforeseen by a writer.
The annotations in Release 3 alter the majority (85%) of gene models, yet confirm that previous releases accurately reflected the number of protein-coding genes.
Many people refuse to accept James Earl Ray's guilt (or Lee Harvey Oswald's in JFK's assassination) because they can't accept that one insignificant lowlife could topple a hero and alter history.
They thought I was being paranoid when I suggested the Clinton administration might alter its food stamp policy to help Hillary Clinton run for Senate against New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani.
Rauschenberg, however, was compelled to alter such objects, attaching them to canvas, smearing them with paint, and combining them with all manner of other substances.