emended

verb

past tense of emend
as in amended
to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from the first printout quickly revealed that our computer program needed to be emended

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  1. amended
  2. corrected
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  • Despite frustration that the Legislature amended his original plan by protecting property taxes for schools, the governor still advocated for the amendment.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The amendment asked voters whether the Minnesota Constitution should be amended to increase the funding going to all school districts from the permanent school fund.
    — Jason Rantala, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of amended
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  • This story has been corrected to fix a typo in the final score.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • When The Hollywood Reporter caught up with Leitch last month ahead of the midterms, the filmmaker remained optimistic that economic policies, both macro and micro, could still be corrected, starting at the ballot box.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of corrected
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“Emended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emended. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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