amendments

plural of amendment
as in modifications
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 amendments That could include new signs across the entire 4,500-acre property; updated BNA Shop merchandise; shuttle bus decals, uniforms, business cards and amendments to hundreds of legal contracts, leases and other government documents. Molly Davis, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026 While McConnell has been able to vote by proxy on amendments during committee meetings, proxy votes cannot be used to advance legislation out of committee. Keely Doll, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Sep. 2026 All offices either approved the bill with its amendments or did not oppose it. Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 10 Sep. 2026 One of the 13 amendments gives businesses a hardship extension if owners are still locked into a lease. Stephanie Douglas, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, teams lose massive chunks of their time in the administrative dead zones between protocol amendments, site activations, electronic data reconciliation and regulatory filings. Anshima Raj, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 Find out the best natural soil amendments to use to raise soil pH, plus get simple tips to keep your soil from becoming too acidic again. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2026 After, Florida’s GOP supermajority banned all state funds from being used to advocate for or against constitutional amendments. Miami Herald, 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
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Noun
  • Supreme’s modifications are purely cosmetic, as the streetwear label has stamped the upper of each boot with a repeating diamond tread pattern.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The tests analyze modifications to DNA and return a single number that may run higher or lower than the years on your driver’s license.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Those changes include alterations to Big Willow over the next 18 months, including a new clubhouse, a new and expanded balcony, and a space dedicated to the Petersen Automotive Museum for a focus on historical race cars.
    Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2026
  • In situations where the facts support that an owner’s installation is a material alteration, the approval procedures for alterations to the common elements prescribed under the community’s governing documents would need to be followed.
    Nicole R. Kurtz, Miami Herald, 9 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
  • What that means is that spacecraft at the unstable points—L1, L2 and the third Lagrange point (L3)—need regular course corrections to keep them from drifting off into space.
    Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • His team noticed improvements in his sleep data in recent years.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Ohio contractor Kwest Group started the improvements in April and is scheduled to finish them in May 2028.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2026

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“Amendments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amendments. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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