as in corrective
serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition
a bill of rights was seen as a much-needed amendatory supplement to the national constitution
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Recent Examples of amendatory
The governor’s amendatory veto is placed on the Senate calendar and is set to be heard on Oct. 28 2025.
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Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2025
His amendatory language tightens the bill in that regard by only penalizing the companies found guilty of sharing Montanans’ data with foreign adversaries.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2023
Raoul’s comments on Tuesday came one day after Rauner used his amendatory veto powers to rewrite a gun control measure that would have established a 72-hour waiting period to purchase assault-style weapons.
—Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018
Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2025
His amendatory language tightens the bill in that regard by only penalizing the companies found guilty of sharing Montanans’ data with foreign adversaries.
—Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2023
Raoul’s comments on Tuesday came one day after Rauner used his amendatory veto powers to rewrite a gun control measure that would have established a 72-hour waiting period to purchase assault-style weapons.
—Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amendatory
Adjective
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Restaurants that receive more than 30 demerits are required to immediately fix the most critical violations and start corrective procedures on all the other violations within 48 hours.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
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Beyond its tartness, its specificity, and the sensuous, elliptical line work of its prose, the book serves as a vinegary corrective to the novel of nostalgic country-house girlhood.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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As part of the reformative aims of the convict system, many of these men were incarcerated at Fremantle Prison, trained, and put to work on infrastructure projects such as bridges, roads, and public buildings.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The waterless cooling approach is also beneficial in areas where water is scarce, but sunlight is plentiful.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
11 June 2026
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Despite beneficial moisture in May, Benedict said the region's unusually low snowpack left the ground with little long-term moisture.—
Spencer Wilson,
CBS News,
11 June 2026
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“Amendatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amendatory. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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