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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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Even the artists themselves often cannot distinguish the altered version from the original when viewed side by side.
—Hessie Jones, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Newcastle are now in an altered landscape, the final proof of which is surely navigating a way past the kind of mid-ranking Premier League team — including Brentford away — which have often tripped them up this season.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
However, his initial appearance in 2021 was met with widespread criticism, as he was presented with a drastically altered persona, notably without Scarlett, and suffered an unexpected defeat to Jeff Hardy in his debut match.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
An altered touchdown in San Francisco at the climax specifically honors Phil Lesh.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
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Hessie Jones, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Newcastle are now in an altered landscape, the final proof of which is surely navigating a way past the kind of mid-ranking Premier League team — including Brentford away — which have often tripped them up this season.
—Chris Waugh, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
However, his initial appearance in 2021 was met with widespread criticism, as he was presented with a drastically altered persona, notably without Scarlett, and suffered an unexpected defeat to Jeff Hardy in his debut match.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
An altered touchdown in San Francisco at the climax specifically honors Phil Lesh.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Altered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/altered. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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