Modify and Stay

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Modify verb - To limit the meaning of (as a noun).

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Stay is an antonym for modify in alter topic.

Stay verb - To continue to be in a place for a significant amount of time.

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Modify is an antonym for stay.

Nearby Words: stayed, staying

character	modify character	stay character
time	modify time	stay time
way	modify way	stay way
world	modify world	stay world
Other words: game, ship, powers, memories.

Baby Miis will go from newborn to baby to toddler to Vague Age (teenager at the most) and then stay that age forever, unless you modify their appearance.

Source: Video Game / Tomodachi Life
The harder-tinged acts also faced backlash for the childishly hedonistic and misogynistic themes of their own lyrics; the bands that avoided these sorts of themes either had to modify their sound or Genre Shift completely in order to stay afloat.

Source: Deader Than Disco / Rock Music
As a result, compared to those series' American versions, the stakes were significantly cheaper, One adaptation of The Price Is Right had gotten in trouble over that (trying to stay closer to the American version and offering more lavish prizes) and they had to modify it rather quickly.

Source: Undesirable Prize

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