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adjective

as in adulterated

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verb

past tense of doctor
1
as in treated
to give medical treatment to a pledge to doctor the burn victims until they were whole again

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2
as in repaired
to put into good shape or working order again spends his spare time doctoring old clocks

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3
as in adjusted
to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation slightly doctored his standard campaign speech for a collegiate audience

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Recent Examples of doctored
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Thieves found his heating bill in a collection box, doctored the check and cashed it for $25,000. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026 The combination of arrogance and doctored intelligence that led the United States and its allies into the 2003 Iraq War is almost made for Hollywood. — David Faris, TheWeek, 27 July 2026 This murky pour is decidedly brown and so heavily doctored with vitamin C and pectin that the flavor of pineapple is barely detectable. — Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 20 July 2026 The fake image claimed the official Nintendo names for the blocks were Orange Ricky, Blue Ricky, Cleveland Z, Rhode Island Z, Hero, Teewee, and Smashboy — but the image had been doctored. — Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026 On the negative side, doctored recruiting film is also becoming a thing. — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 1 May 2026 By that time, the White House TikTok account already had posted a video, doctored using artificial intelligence. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026 And that's why the sky in the back of Rob's was, doctored. — Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2026 Stalcup says that after the data was stolen, it was doctored and shared by the former employee, who was vindictive about being fired for cause. — Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 16 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doctored
  1. adulterated
  2. treated
  3. repaired
  4. adjusted
  5. manipulated
  6. reconstructed
  7. adapted
  8. engineered
Adjective
  • Navarro, who pleaded guilty to two counts of conspiracy in August, was sentenced Friday in Manhattan by federal Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil for being part of a conspiracy to distribute and administer adulterated and misbranded drugs for racehorses.
    — Stephen Edelson, The Courier-Journal, 18 Dec. 2021
Definition of adulterated
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  • Staffers also expressed concerns about fiscal implications if bedbugs would come home with workers and require them to pay for their homes to be treated.
    — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Palestinians are also clear that any near-term solution must include a credible route to independent statehood; a Palestinian state must not be treated as a possible reward at the end of a long and uncertain path.
    — Michael Robbins, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of treated
Verb
  • The State Russian Museum revealed that the museum’s specialists repaired areas of peeling, applying primer and paint across the entire surface of the canvas and completed the restoration with a varnish coating.
    — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
  • For one, the report did not disclose the kinds of items its survey respondents repaired.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of repaired
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  • The commission voted 7-1 to direct County Attorney Tyrone Wade to look into whether any laws or policies were broken during the consent agenda vote and whether any policies should be adjusted to prevent similar situations in the future.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Both figures were adjusted to represent full-time equivalent student and employee numbers.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of adjusted
Adjective
  • If pressure, temperature, flow or level moves away from its set point, the controller adjusts a valve, heater, pump or another manipulated variable.
    — Gregory Shahnovsky, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • What emerged was a startling portrait of manipulated devotion that culminated in Jeffs' 2006 arrest by the FBI.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of manipulated
Verb
  • As filming was only allowed on Mondays under strict restrictions, Coppola’s team reconstructed some of the château’s key interiors, such as the Queen’s Grand Chamber and the Royal Opera, in nearby châteaux, such as Millemont.
    — Stephanie Sporn, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of seeing the game through screenshots or computer vision, the AI reconstructed its environment from server network messages and game data, then built its own tools to navigate and play.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of reconstructed
Verb
  • As a director, Fish has taken subversive, revelatory approaches to the theatrical canon and has adapted, for a taste, Don DeLillo and David Foster Wallace.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Like many places around the country, ecosystems in Florida have adapted to fire over time, and it’s needed to help these places thrive, according to Crandall.
    — Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of adapted
Adjective
  • Without much public debate or planning, these semi-engineered levees took on a critical and unintended role.
    — Farshid Vahedifard, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
Definition of engineered

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“Doctored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doctored. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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