amendments

noun

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 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 Apply Amendments If the results of the soil sample indicate the need for amendments, they should be applied before reseeding. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 29 Aug. 2026 The measure would only go into effect if the Legislature sets aside money for it, as part of late amendments. — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Boyle was joined by attorneys for the data center and presented evidence of public notice and text amendments. — Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026 Lincoln County commissioners Tiffani Landeen, Jim Schmidt and Herman Otten voted against the amendments, while commissioners Arends and Douglas Putnam voted in favor of them. — Gabriel Brito, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amendments
  1. modifications
  2. alterations
  3. corrections
  4. improvements
Noun
  • Pressed on why the company didn’t face any penalties, Villarreal testified that the state asked for policy modifications from the company.
    — Jacques Billeaud, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • CycloRP aims to work with existing engines without requiring hardware modifications.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of modifications
Noun
  • Naturally, Varnell, deemed out of touch, is resistant to the characterization and the alterations, and much of the comedy is mined from the contrast between the older and younger characters.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Implementing even a small change to an analog system involves physical alterations such as wiring, disconnections, connections and hardware validation.
    — Timor Brik, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of alterations
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
Definition of corrections
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
Definition of improvements

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