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 However, neither of these amendments would have decreased the tax burden attached to a home in the same way many of those being voted on later in the year will. — Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 21 July 2026 According to the Post, Vice Chairman of the ACHP, Travis Voyles, has asked council members to vote on the draft amendments by Friday. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 21 July 2026 Why some want to keep current system Erika, who did not give her last name for privacy reasons, shared a story at the rally about how voter amendments to the constitution has directly affected her life. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2026 The board is scheduled to discuss amendments to the 2025-26 budget at a special meeting July 22, but no specific item related to modifying Hill’s raise is currently on the agenda. — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 16 July 2026 Major legislation required a supermajority, and amendments required unanimity. — Donovan Fifield, The Conversation, 16 July 2026 Democrats are expected to overwhelmingly oppose whatever final product emerges and force Republicans to take votes on scores of difficult amendments. — Kevin Freking, Fortune, 15 July 2026 His father was born just months after the 1947 amendments came into force, and so narrowly missed out on a hereditary title. — Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 14 July 2026 Kelly Hall — executive director of the Fairness Project, a nonprofit that backs ballot measures that promote social and economic justice — said severe limits on constitutional amendments have become a trend. — Ashley Lopez, NPR, 14 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amendments
  1. modifications
  2. alterations
  3. corrections
  4. improvements
Noun
  • For the next three decades, this logo would be Toyota’s primary identifier on automobiles, undergoing only minor modifications in font style and color for aesthetics and consumer appeal.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 17 July 2026
  • Preparation has also included modifications to the giraffe habitat.
    — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 17 July 2026
Definition of modifications
Noun
  • But when renovating an 18th-century apartment on a side street in the Marais, architect Clément Lesnoff-Rocard boldly undid a number of alterations to the home over the years.
    — Felix Wagner, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2026
  • This challenge transcends typical software localization, demanding fundamental alterations to AI's core reasoning and output.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of alterations
Noun
  • Federal form revisions, state changes, e-file schema adjustments and mid-season corrections arrive weekly, sometimes daily, between January and April.
    — Jatin Narang, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • Cantrell’s mother, Regina, who worked as a corrections officer in the Johnson County Jail, was indicted on a charge of misuse of official information, according to the release.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2026
Definition of corrections
Noun
  • Its economy is struggling, public services are strained and improvements in living standards have slowed to a crawl in recent decades.
    — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • According to Ding Yunfan, vice president of AI framework architecture at Biren, improvements in the performance of a single graphics processing unit (GPU) are no longer enough to meet these demands.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
Definition of improvements

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