By altering the bacteria's genes, they were able to transform the bugs into fuel-producing factories.
Without technically altering the definition, shifts in usage can give a word a new connotation.
For the first time it will mean that scientists are altering human genetic inheritance.
Yet altering the structure is the only way in which regulators can influence board behaviour.
But that's almost all a timing gimmick, accelerating tax collections without altering anybody's cumulative tax bill.
In effect, he is doubling down, altering his strategy in response to altered circumstances.
Access to information, and changing norms around opportunity are altering the landscape of education.
Business is business, and naturally I understand there are times when realities require painful life-altering decisions.
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Meanwhile, a terrestrial disruption is afoot that is fundamentally altering the delivery of TV content.
The tendency of the powerful to disregard advice has numerous and sometimes life-altering consequences.
DJs must fit perfectly, so tailoring or altering will be almost a foregone conclusion.
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Change is easy if we are not the one altering our thinking or our behaviors.
"The thought centers around the release of mood-altering brain chemical, mainly endorphins, " Bryant said.
These can be made to overlap with each other by altering the angles of the beams.
This remedy has been costly, drawn out and life altering, sometimes in debilitating ways.
The FOMC signals changes in its outlook by altering the wording in its post-meeting statement.
Having content streamed from the Internet directly to the TV is altering viewing habits.
Jury selection is not the only way in which social media are altering the nation's courts.
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They flourish in a world they deliberately built for themselves, by expertly altering the rules.
Despite Matthews's shot-altering size, going to the hoop remains a focus for the underdog squad.
On the face of it, it seems difficult to justify altering the terms of a trust.
The government should also consider altering the terms of the Bank of Japan's law.
That can mean rethinking the market, changing the price, even altering the product itself.
Repealing Medicare cuts will only add to health care reform's costs without altering reform's basic shape.
Adding to the tempest around altering traditional teatime treats, United Biscuits slashed the fat from McVitie's Digestives in 2009.
Boom, as in imploded with little success in altering U.S. shoe market shares.
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The Clinton administration wants to keep the treaty alive, but accepts it needs altering.
Nevertheless, the owners considered altering their product line and remodeling the store, but decided against it.
The new material can change between two states when stretched, altering both its transparency and its roughness.
Climate panic, after all, is fear of dramatic, life-altering climate changes, not about tenths of a degree.
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