amended

past tense of amend
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as in reformed
to change one's behavior or character for the better the judge had heard the defendant promise before that he would amend

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Recent Examples of amended Lee Coleman, an attorney for Moore’s family, said the complaint could be amended once further details become available, and that defendants could be added. Dave Smith, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025 Trump’s commentary, and some of his changes to the STB since his return to the Oval Office, have suggested that the board’s regulatory framework could be amended to make for more merger-friendly conditions. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 24 Oct. 2025 The letter also alleged that the Smithsonian has called for the pending fiscal year 2026 Interior and Environment Appropriations Act and the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Act to be amended to block funding for the shuttle’s transport and rehousing. ArsTechnica, 23 Oct. 2025 Together, the two amended all previous media forms. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025 Democratic State Senator Ben Allen, who sponsored the bill, and California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara initially pushed for insurers to be obliged to pay out 100 percent of an owner’s personal property coverage limit, but the bill was amended after pushback from the industry. Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025 The teachers union amended the lawsuit in September to focus on the mounting delays in processing the forms and the suspension of cancellations. Danielle Douglas-Gabriel The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025 According to the website, states may exempt themselves from observing daylight saving time by state law in accordance with the Uniform Time Act, as amended. Chris Sims, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Oct. 2025 In the wake of the white community demanding more punishment, the Kentucky General Assembly amended the death penalty statute to allow juries to sentence a rapist to hang in the county seat where the crime was committed. Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amended
Verb
  • Fingers crossed that the new-and-improved movie theater will A) actually exist and B) have an ICEE machine.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Japan was up 2 percent to 474 million euros against exceptional high tourism in 2024, particularly in the first half, and the region improved in the third quarter, driven by both solid local and increased tourist demand.
    Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • At first the dog was said to be a German shepherd mix confined in a closet, but this was later corrected to being an Australian kelpie mix in a crate.
    Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Most violations were corrected during the inspection.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Social Security benefits were last reformed roughly 40 years ago, when the federal government raised the eligibility age for the program from 65 to 67.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In 2022, the scheme was reformed and reauthorized by Congress following years of fraud and national security concerns.
    Didi Kirsten Tatlow, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The new sedan also integrates BYD’s latest Tianshen C driver-assistance suite, which adds adaptive cruise, lane-centering, and enhanced safety automation to support more comfortable long-distance driving.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The 8-mm manual focusing lens has a resolution of 256 × 192 pixels, which can be enhanced to simulate 512 × 384 pixels.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Agency for Health Care Administration’s general counsel rewrote a settlement draft to include a donation to the foundation and sent it to the agency’s then-secretary, Jason Weida.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2025
  • And so Strong, who created TV series including Empire and Dopesick, rewrote the book to musical which follows two chess grandmasters, one American and one Soviet, during a chess tournament in the midst of the Cold War, and amid a love triangle.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In exposing these cells to forms of stress that damage DNA — such as chemicals that mimic UV exposure — the scientists observed how the cells behaved inside their natural setting.
    Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Without a complete skeleton, researchers couldn’t know what the body looked like or how the hominin behaved in its habitat.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Amended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amended. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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