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 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
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Adjective
  • The fine is certainly a drop in the bucket for the entertainment giant, but the corrective measure is certainly a win for data privacy.
    Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
  • In such a scenario, reminiscent of the ‘70s, if the Fed loosens policy prematurely, inflation could spike, leading to the painful corrective measures seen under Powell’s predecessor Paul Volcker, who hiked rates aggressively and weathered severe, double-dip recessions.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
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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
  • Fifty-five years after Martin Luther King's death, African Americans continue to proudly honor his reformative legacy in Phoenix.
    The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2024
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  • Much of the discrepancy here is likely tied more to sleep than to something inherently beneficial about getting up at the crack of dawn.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Sep. 2025
  • That’s what enables The Foundation Drops to be so beneficial to the skin.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

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“Amendatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amendatory. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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