the change

noun

informal + old-fashioned
: the time of menopause when a woman stops menstruating

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But Darnell pointed out that it never has been spelled out in writing what the change in the process is. Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2025 But even within the club there is a recognition that the change in approach came via default — due to exasperation with the circus that accompanied the superstar influx — rather than design. Oliver Kay, New York Times, 30 May 2025 Following its last execution in 2009, the state incorporated a new lethal drug into its protocol to account for the shortage, without releasing any public information about the change. CBS News, 20 May 2025 But Trump couldn't get the change included in his 2017 economic legislation, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, amid an intense lobbying campaign from the industry and some GOP lawmakers to protect the break. Riley Beggin, USA Today, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for the change

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