The phrase "altered the position" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing changes made to a specific location, stance, or arrangement in various contexts, such as physical objects, opinions, or strategies.
Example: "The team altered the position of the furniture to create a more open space in the room."
Alternatives: "changed the location" or "modified the stance."
In 1996, an artificial diversion altered the position of the main delta lobe from Qingshuigou to Qing 8.
On page 681, Buizert et al.3 report that these events altered the position of the westerly winds across the Southern Hemisphere — a finding that has implications for global ocean circulation and atmospheric carbon dioxide.
The diffuse export of this rough labour to the rest of the world has certainly altered the position of a majority of people in Britain in a global class system, which replicates, with eerie accuracy, one which was highly conspicuous in Britain until the 1960s.
The increase in the temperature has altered the position of the peaks.
Two changes of the greatest consequence have occurred in the last twenty-five years which have substantially altered the position of the national state with respect to the financing of its current requirements.
Lichtenstein not only redesigned the space, but also altered the position of Donald's body and fishing rod for better balance and eliminated signs of stress and exertion to form a meticulous composition.
A second class of mutations, exemplified by alterations in PKI, did not affect 40S binding but altered the positioning of the ribosome on the IRES, indicating that PKI is involved in the correct positioning of IRES-associated ribosomes.
These developments have altered the positions of not-for-profit providers that now are forced to compete on the municipal contracts with for-profit providers.
The leucine104 is located only 4 Å from glutamic acid 334; replacing it by a large, positively charged arginine would alter the position of site II.
It radically alters the position but does not fundamentally change the evaluation.
It is seen that the flow fields significantly alter the position and morphology of the dendrites.
