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 The community nurse hadn’t even bothered to rewrite it, and the polite doctor simply stamped under her amendments. — Alicja Turczyk, The Dial, 29 Sep. 2026 In a 77 to 22 vote, the Senate passed the bill, known as the Protect College Sports Act, with some amendments. — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 His concerns allude to amendments made in the final days of the legislative session. — Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 Legal challenges by college coaches The PCSA, on which the Senate has not yet voted and whose amendments could be rejected, still has obstacles to overcome before becoming law. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amendments
Noun
  • Stratolaunch must first complete the modifications needed to accommodate Talon-A and its air-launch requirements.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Among those anticipating modifications, 72% expect bathroom changes and 71% expect changes that improve access into or around the home.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The original structure had fallen into ruin by the 18th century and was later incorporated into a residence that underwent extensive alterations, including a major Victorian makeover in 1874.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • A number of changes have been made to Starliner’s design in the wake of Calypso, including alterations to seal designs, as well as the thruster system.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 28 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 1 Oct. 2026.

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