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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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For both sides in this grinding war, respite is sought in an altered state.
—Hannah Beech Adam Ferguson, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Videos of the setup show scammers are able to see their own face alongside the altered deepfake, with just the manipulated image being displayed over the live video call.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2024
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Hannah Beech Adam Ferguson, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Videos of the setup show scammers are able to see their own face alongside the altered deepfake, with just the manipulated image being displayed over the live video call.
—Matt Burgess, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2024
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“Altered.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/altered. Accessed 7 May. 2024.
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