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 Though the military retained control over certain ministries and the power to veto constitutional amendments, the world celebrated what seemed like a major breakthrough. — Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026 The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges said the amendments were made without faculty engagement. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026 As with all constitutional amendments, Amendment 3 requires a 60% yes vote to pass. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026 After some amendments to the bill’s language, the Motion Picture Editors Guild joined the grassroots group the California Post Alliance as a co-sponsor. — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026 The city inspector general's office has been further strengthened through charter amendments since McClintock left office. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026 Osan led the students through the basics, such as how the Constitution’s first 10 amendments are also known as the Bill of Rights, the three branches of government and what her job as a judicial magistrate involves. — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amendments
Noun
  • The best way forward would be to start over, or at least to negotiate modifications to the June accord’s terms.
    — RICHARD HAASS, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026
  • To do this, workers make surgical modifications and upgrades to key plant equipment, including turbines, pumps, motors and cooling systems.
    — Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • These are often added within the alterations process by a tailor and are customized to the height of the dress wearer.
    — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2026
  • One of his biggest alterations, which came late in the process, were to the nails on the hands.
    — Lavender Au, ARTnews.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • This is needed for things like orbit corrections, station-keeping, attitude control, and collision avoidance.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
  • The filing follows Uthmeier in August demanding board-level records about procedures relating to editorial standards compliance, corrections practice and defamation exposure, among other things, according to the lawsuit.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • On Saturday, Pappas told journalists that the NFL made additional improvements since the union's concerns were raised.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Those improvements followed the July incident in which thousands of OpenAI’s AI agents found a way to hack out of their sandbox, with hundreds of them participating in a cyberattack against the AI company Hugging Face.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026

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“Amendments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amendments. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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