Definition of amendmentnext
as in modification
a change designed to correct or improve a written work the article as written requires only one factual amendment

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Recent Examples of amendment The amendment would have also listed the failures of socialism in foreign nations. Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026 The amendment requires the zoo to follow California Environmental Quality Act, and the improvements must be consistent with the operating agreement with the city. Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2026 The Public Advocates Office, the independent consumer advocate at the Public Utilities Commission, said recent amendments to the bill did not address its concerns about shifting costs from one group of ratepayers to another. Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 The amendment was signed by the Board of Supervisors on March 20, 2025, and signed by Crowley on March 24, reaffirming the contract's 2028 end date. Caden Perry, jsonline.com, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for amendment
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Noun
  • CycloRP aims to work with existing engines without requiring hardware modifications.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Today, Richard Engel reports on the modifications some Ukrainians have made to daily life in the midst of a full-scale war with Russia, namely how doctors, patients, teachers and students have moved underground.
    Yasmin Vossoughian, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Most of these alterations are trivial, although one major change, coming near the end, is a very bad idea.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • At the Federal Center on Dearborn Street, post-9/11 security alterations have severely compromised one of the city’s most powerful urban designs.
    Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Trabue had faced charges of complicity to murder and complicity to robbery in the first degree in connection with the February 2025 shooting death of former Louisville corrections officer Michael Saye Wehdah.
    Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Sep. 2026
  • False information is incorrect and may require a correction or retraction.
    Victoria Marshall, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

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“Amendment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amendment. Accessed 9 Sep. 2026.

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