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
If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners, and corporate chief executives standing up against bullies, who then will step up for the first amendment?
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
In December 2024, Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, introduced an amendment to the successful Social Security Fairness Act to raise the full retirement age all the way to 70, proposing three-month annual increases until reaching that threshold, but it was not adopted.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
There have been 27 amendments to the Constitution since its ratification in 1789, including the first 10 known as the Bill of Rights.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
If the contract is a renewal or amendment, a comparison agent highlights all deviations from the previous version.
—Gopikrishnan Anilkumar, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
In December 2024, Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican, introduced an amendment to the successful Social Security Fairness Act to raise the full retirement age all the way to 70, proposing three-month annual increases until reaching that threshold, but it was not adopted.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
There have been 27 amendments to the Constitution since its ratification in 1789, including the first 10 known as the Bill of Rights.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
If the contract is a renewal or amendment, a comparison agent highlights all deviations from the previous version.
—Gopikrishnan Anilkumar, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amendment
Noun
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The structural modification creates a weaker, more optimal interaction with zinc ions compared to the original TEP molecule.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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The strike comes after Joël Lightbound, the minister responsible for Canada Post, detailed a number of modifications to the national postal service, including the end of door-to-door mail service, termination of the rural moratorium on post office closures, and more.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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According to a Google translation, commenters on Chinese social media site Douban allege that AI was used in the film’s alteration.—
James Factora,
Them.,
23 Sep. 2025
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The hem often falls well below where it’s supposed to, requiring alterations that are time-consuming and add to the cost.—
Shea Simmons,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Classical computers are needed to control quantum computers, perform error correction and analyze their readouts.—
Nikita Ostrovsky,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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Plans of correction filed by Perimeter Behavioral Hospital of Dallas said the hospital would revise some of its materials, including training slides, a test, a self-attestation form used in staff training and a medical screening form for patients.—
Eli Cahan,
ProPublica,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Amendment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amendment. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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