How to Use tamper in a Sentence

tamper

1 of 2 verb
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  • This gave the hackers the ability to tamper with the satellite network.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 30 Mar. 2022
  • This leads to a softening of edges and dulling of hallmarks that may tamper with the watch’s design and lessen its value.
    — Brynn Wallner, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 May 2021
  • Because there is a sense that, since then, you guys have been reluctant to tamper with the classic U2 style.
    — David Marchese David Marchese, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Turns out that time in the great outdoors may be the greatest way to tamper pinball energy.
    — Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2023
  • If he's convicted, Lloyd faces up to 10 years in prison for the obstruction charge, up to five years for the threats charge and up to 20 years in prison for the tampering charge.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • That scarcity should tamper expectations for the offense in the days ahead.
    — Michael Gehlken, Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Those defending the law say that even if the Supreme Court strikes down the coverage requirement there’s no reason to tamper with the rest of the law.
    — Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Aamer Madhani, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2021
  • The detective did not find any broken locks or a lock with which someone had tampered.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The video seems to imply that this opens the door for someone to tamper with election materials.
    — Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 11 Nov. 2020
  • There are safeguards in place to ensure that no one can tamper with voting machines.
    — Joshua A. Douglas, CNN, 26 July 2022
  • Dykes was sentenced to life in prison for the murder and an additional 20 years for the tampering offense.
    — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The issue is to tamper down inflation to a soft landing, not cause a hard landing and recession.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Those defending Obamacare say that even if the Supreme Court strikes down the coverage requirement there's no reason to tamper with the rest of the law.
    — Star Tribune, 5 June 2021
  • Radical shifts are unsightly, tamper with the game’s sublime balance and turn off the fans.
    — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 May 2021
  • Moyer said the voter did not tamper with the envelope that was sealed with the other voter's ballot and that the issue had been taken care of.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The two also agreed that Mr. Phyo Hein Htut would hire people to tamper with the tires of the ambassador’s car to cause a crash while driving, according to the documents.
    — New York Times, 6 Aug. 2021
  • There are times when parents do have to tamper with the chemistry of grandparent-grandchild affection, but this isn’t one of them.
    — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Or the widespread ballot harvesting that occurred, which opens the door for activists on both sides of the aisle to tamper with or throw out someone’s ballot.
    — Rick Graber, National Review, 12 Aug. 2021
  • The docuseries leaves no stone unturned, looking into even the most outlandish of theories to help tamper down some of the macabre fame surrounding the case.
    — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 15 Feb. 2021
  • Anyone who finds a swastika sticker should not tamper with it and instead call 311, police said.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 3 June 2021
  • Crude oil prices have taken a tumble this week, spurred by fears of a looming recession that could tamper demand.
    — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 7 July 2022
  • Still, there’s always a chance that someone from within the company could tamper with the deep-learning model.
    — Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 10 May 2022
  • Although she was cleared of the doping charge, she is accused of attempting to tamper with doping control.
    — Sophie Reardon, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The contact sensors were just as responsive as Ring’s and were even harder to tamper with as Ring’s battery covers can slide off with ease.
    — Paige Szmodis, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The evidence tampering charge was filed weeks after his arrest, jail records show.
    — Lana Ferguson, Dallas News, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The attackers can leverage their ability to tamper with the app to target huge numbers of projects that rely on the app in production servers.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 13 June 2022
  • The department on Monday declined to comment on the dismissal of the evidence tampering charge.
    — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Chinese authorities moved to tamper down some of the support Ou received.
    — Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Trump’s attempts to tamper with the election process in battleground states such as Georgia, according to the documents.
    — Matthew Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 5 July 2022
  • Meanwhile, the third component is designed to tamper with equipment from Omron.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 13 Apr. 2022
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tamper

2 of 2 noun
  • The classics are all there: portafilters, a tamper, a milk steamer and a milk jug.
    — Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2022
  • This Vitamix comes with a tamper to help process thicker foods, and it’s backed by a 7-year warranty to give you peace of mind.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • Since five–sided wrenches are found in few toolboxes, this shape makes the hydrant valves and caps more tamper-proof.
    — Spike Carlsen, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2020
  • The city found two existing models that are tamper-proof, Rubenstein said.
    — Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 July 2021
  • The boxes are under 24-hour video surveillance and have tamper seals that show if anyone was able to open the box in an unauthorized manner.
    — Nuha Dolby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Use your bathroom scale (after a cleaning) to develop a steady 30-40 pounds on the tamper, holding it like an ice cream cone pointed down.
    — Matt Bean, Sunset Magazine, 2 Aug. 2020
  • The plastic accessories, like a tamper and coffee scoop that come with the machine, feel cheap and aren’t terribly useful.
    — Jenna Adrian-Diaz, Bon Appétit, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Each machine comes with a frothing jug, one- and two-cup filter baskets, a trimming tool, a tamper, a cleaning tool, a cleaning disc, and cleaning a tablets.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Nov. 2021
  • If mice are a problem, place tamper-resistant, pet-safe bait stations under the mower.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 3 Nov. 2021
  • If the foundation is relatively small, compact the gravel with a hand tamper.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Data from the system would alert the city to water leaks, backflow issues, inactive or faulty meters, and would provide tamper alerts.
    — Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 22 Oct. 2021
  • On Monday, the company and the city showed off some of their features, including what the company says is a tamper-resistant design.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2021
  • Patented 3-in-1 food tamper, measuring cup & cleaning brush, and a food-safe, machine washable strainer bag for making soy, rice, oat, and nut milks.
    — Maren Estrada, BGR, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Jones’ monitor then showed another tamper alert, and Jones went missing, the officer wrote.
    — Dallas News, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The driver, via a translator, gave authorities permission to search the Jeep, and officers quickly spotted tamper marks in the tire well near the driver’s side of the vehicle.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 11 Apr. 2022
  • Elsewhere, the Valhalla is equipped with run-flat tires to help with quick escapes in difficult situations and a tamper-proof covered exhaust to stop villains from putting anything in the pipes.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Trusted issuers would lodge the data in the form of tamper-resistant verifiable credentials (VCs), and verifiers would have ways of retrieving and checking the sources of these VCs.
    — Eve Maler, Forbes, 16 June 2021
  • Through years of lock testing, our experts consider Yale to be one of the most secure brands, thanks to the consistently high-quality construction and top-grade materials, which make the locks tamper-proof and hard to kick in.
    — Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 10 May 2022
  • Peeling a tamper-resistant seal off a bottle of shampoo while comfortably seated at a table is a different matter than while standing wet and naked in the shower.
    — Kate Murphy, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The boxes are under 24-hour video surveillance, have tamper evidence seals and are collected daily by a pair of Election Commission staff members.
    — Alison Dirr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2020
  • But things took a dark turn around 2010, when pharmaceutical opioids became scarce, expensive, and tamper-proof, which sparked a mass exodus from pills to cheap, potent, and widely available heroin.
    — Zachary Siegel, The New Republic, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The City Council then finally passed an ordinance that requires tamper-proof, long-life smoke detectors in every Chicago residence by 2033.
    — Cecilia Reyes, chicagotribune.com, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Many of the ballot drop boxes in Wisconsin are tamper proof, under 24-hour camera surveillance and in fire stations, libraries or other government offices.
    — Patrick Marley, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Once all of the boxes had arrived, officials sealed up the room with tamper-proof tape about midnight, according to observers with two different campaigns, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive matter.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2021
  • In 1989, the FDA created federal guidelines that forced all manufactures to make over-the-counter medications tamper-resistant.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Johnson & Johnson recalled every bottle in the country, at a cost of more than a hundred million dollars, then began working with the Food and Drug Administration to develop tamper-proof packaging.
    — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2021
  • Another signature feature of all Vitamix blenders is their tamper tool for blending ingredients with little to no liquid like hummus or peanut butter.
    — Eva Bleyer, Good Housekeeping, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Blockchain, with its tamper-proof and distributed nature, is key to strengthening trust in this increasingly digital environment.
    — Fortune, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The two co-directors carefully painted a picture of a highly secure election in which every tamper-resistant seal, every box of ballots and every transport of ballots was documented.
    — Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The company regained public trust by quickly pulling Tylenol from American shelves and introducing new tamper-resistant packaging.
    — New York Times, 12 Nov. 2021

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