as in expiation
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as in improves
to make better
trying to amend the situation of the striking workers by supplying them with minimal food supplies
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as in corrects
to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from
the Bill of Rights was adopted in an effort to amend a constitution that seemed to many to be deficient in guaranteeing individual rights
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as in reforms
to change one's behavior or character for the better
the judge had heard the defendant promise before that he would amend
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Recent Examples of amends
Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
The bill amends military court rules in the occupied West Bank, allowing judges to impose the death penalty without needing a unanimous decision.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
The bill amends Article 2 Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia which outlines penalties for obstructing roads.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
The bill amends dozens of sections of Iowa code by striking references to townships and township trustees and replacing them with counties and county supervisors.
—Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 5 Feb. 2026
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The Sánchez government’s measure was fast-tracked via a decree that amends immigration laws.
—Suman Naishadham, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
The bill amends military court rules in the occupied West Bank, allowing judges to impose the death penalty without needing a unanimous decision.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
The bill amends Article 2 Chapter 11 of Title 16 of the Official Code of Georgia which outlines penalties for obstructing roads.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
The bill amends dozens of sections of Iowa code by striking references to townships and township trustees and replacing them with counties and county supervisors.
—Nick El Hajj, Des Moines Register, 5 Feb. 2026
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Traffic management will begin four hours before each match and continue up to four hours after, with residents divided on whether the requirement improves safety or creates an inconvenience.—
Ian Cummings,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
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Operators might buy new server racks every couple of years as the technology improves.—
Marc Levy,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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Ellie corrects her, based on what Jason told them.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
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Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, premiering May 20 on Apple TV, corrects this oversight.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
20 May 2026
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There’s that churro bread pudding, the one with a junkyard origin story that breaks down the churros and then reforms them into a dense and perfect block as powerful as an Avengers movie prop.—
Mike Sutter,
San Antonio Express-News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Kentucky's General Assembly has passed House Bill 2, which reforms the state's Medicaid program.—
Keely Doll,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Apr. 2026
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And here is a helpful tip — a teaspoon of honey enhances the flavors splendidly.—
Ed Silverman,
STAT,
2 June 2026
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Reducing onboard noise, therefore, improves the effectiveness of the vessel’s surveillance equipment and enhances operating conditions for the crew.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
1 June 2026
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Energy markets don’t stop at state lines, so when one state rewrites the rules for major producers, every state feels it at the pump and on the power bill.—
Yaël Ossowski,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
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Every generation eventually rewrites George Washington, which tells you less about Washington than about the country doing the rewriting.—
Philip Martin,
Arkansas Online,
30 May 2026
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The market now behaves more like cloud infrastructure or semiconductors than traditional enterprise software.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Evergreen in the Deep South, orange jessamine behaves as a die-back perennial in cooler regions.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
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This bundle remedies the common storage complaint by including a USB hub along with a 512GB SD card, giving you way more room for files than any other machine in this rundown.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026
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Packing motion sickness remedies ahead of time is an easy way to avoid scrambling if the ship starts rocking.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2026
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As the two bond in short order, our previously flailing hero shapes up very quickly indeed, soon shedding his substance abuse problems and entering a healthy relationship with dreamy social worker Oscar (Diego Calva).—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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Let’s take a look at how this one shapes up.—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Amends.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amends. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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