How to Use alteration in a Sentence

alteration

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  • They did a good job on the dress alteration.
  • He made alterations in his will.
  • Skubal's new splitter isn't just an alteration of the grip for his changeup.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Perhaps the most wrenching change has been an alteration to the historic route.
    — Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2021
  • The alteration, this time, is that the contestants are higher in the air with the poles farther apart.
    — Kyndall Cunningham, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2021
  • This tiny alteration may possibly make the vaccine less effective against it.
    — Lawrence Wright, The New Yorker, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Attending to this double chase, Mull failed at first to register the alteration in the rooms.
    — Jonathan Lethem, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2021
  • The director made other alterations to the film but refused to remove the rape scene (by then whittled down to ten seconds).
    — Chris Lee, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Daybell has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of destruction, alteration or concealment of evidence.
    — Allie Yang, Maryellen Resendez, Gwen Gowen, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2021
  • All these alterations to existing theory come with side effects, like changes in how much dust there should be and puzzles about how stellar baby booms settled down.
    — Rebecca Boyle, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The design is basically a Tapir standing on two legs, with little other alteration save a yellow coloring on the top.
    — Dave Thier, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2021
  • Although this did include some revisions of the actual content of the tax law, what really got the attention of the public was an alteration of the name itself.
    — Teddy McDarrah, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
  • After picking up the gown at 10 p.m. last Friday, Berger raced to have a friend's mother do an emergency alteration.
    — Rayna Sims, CNN, 2 Mar. 2021
  • We’re used to the idea, from science fiction, that even small alterations to the past can change the present for the worse.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The wait for finished alterations: 4-6 weeks and worth it.
    — Jane Herman, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
  • For its part, Jeep made alterations to the support structure of the front bumper.
    — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 28 June 2023
  • Unlike the brief 2001 alteration, this one is here to stay.
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2022
  • In some ways, the alterations changed the narrative of the grand artwork.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2024
  • Swift's made a few alterations to the Eras Tour setlist throughout its run.
    — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 24 July 2023
  • Given the chance to write her own version of this scene, Sloane made a few alterations.
    — Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The change marks the first alteration in season structure since 1978.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Now researchers can begin to look for alterations in the DNA.
    — Laura Ungar, ajc, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The crash led to alterations in train service on the Rockport line late Sunday.
    — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2023
  • Fortunately, that one alteration near the end of the song worked, and Huff flew it into the rest of the single.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 27 Mar. 2024
  • As a result, the league banned any alterations to uniforms no matter the theme night.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Fittings, alterations and the staffing needed to pull it all off is a tricky business.
    — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2023
  • There should be no tugging or pulling, no need for alteration.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 7 Apr. 2021
  • But her respect for the uniform didn’t hold back some alterations.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
  • The current need to cool summer flows is a symptom the dam’s profound alteration of the ecosystem.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2024
  • Save for adding another door to the bedroom, alterations to the room weren’t needed.
    — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2023

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