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• v  make less severe or harsh or extreme
  he modified his views on same-gender marriage
• v  add a modifier to a constituent
• v  cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
• a  changed in form or character
  their modified stand made the issue more acceptable
  the performance of the modified aircraft was much improved
• s  mediocre

• Genetically modified crops are making their way into the organic food supply, but one farmer has a solution.
• China is gearing up to dominate the genetically modified crop game.
• Genetically modified cottonseeds will need government approval before they hit grocery shelves, and they're more likely to be used first to supplement fish or animal feed.

• modify
• qualify
• change
• alter
• limited

• unmodified

News & Articles

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• GRANDVIEW SPEEDWAY: DeSantis snaps Howards modified win streak
  BECHTELSVILLE - Veteran dirt track modified racer Meme DeSantis was able to snap the winning streak, five modified feature wins in a row for Duane Howard, picking up his second win of the season in the 30-lap NASCAR 358 Modified race at Grandview Speedway on Saturday night. Robbie Stillwaggon topped the 24-car starting field in the 25-lap Rislone URC sprint feature and Ronnie Peck was first ...
  June 17, 2013 - The Mercury
• USDA: Modified wheat appears to be isolated
  The Agriculture Department says it has no indications that genetically modified wheat found in Oregon last month has spread beyond the field it is in.
  June 17, 2013 - Omaha World-Herald
• Modified Wheat Likely Isolated
  WASHINGTON | The Agriculture Department says it has no indications that genetically modified wheat found in Oregon last month has spread beyond the field in which it was found.
  June 15, 2013 - The Lakeland Ledger

Quotes

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• Brian Roehrkasse in CNN
  Neither Attorney General [Alberto] Gonzales nor anyone else within the Department modified or withdrew that opinion,Roehrkasse said.
• Fernando Alonso in Yahoo! Eurosport UK
  At Silverstone, we will discover a circuit whose final section has been modified,he said. "Along with the engineers, we have spent these few days studying all the characteristics of the new track layout, analysing the available...
• Shami Chakrabarti in News24
  Shami Chakrabarti, director of Liberty, said: "It seems the government still refuses to separate the innocent and the guilty and maintains a blanket approach to DNA retention." "This grudgingly modified policy creates a repeat collision...