rectifications

noun

plural of rectification
as in amendments

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rectifications
  1. amendments
  2. modifications
  3. corrections
  4. alterations
  5. changes
  6. revisions
  7. variations
  8. differences
Noun
  • 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, 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
Definition of amendments
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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Trump requested changes to the helipad last month after expressing dissatisfaction with the project.
    — Carter Schroppe, The Washington Examiner, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Ramsey, meanwhile, followed Joe Willock against Liverpool, Barnes against West Brom and Nick Woltemade at Spurs in providing a goal contribution as a substitute, continuing Jaissle’s early knack of making match-altering changes.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of changes
Noun
  • Labor Department revisions slashed another 103,000 jobs from May and June payrolls.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Even Rodrigo’s backing band, full of absolutely shredding women instrumentalists, played beside her on equal footing for exquisitely tasteful, post-punky revisions of songs across her three albums.
    — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of revisions
Noun
  • Its software can detect those variations and adjust each brick’s position accordingly.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Throughout different variations of this question in previous iterations of this poll, Stafford had only been mentioned once.
    — Jeff Howe, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of variations
Noun
  • Palal acknowledged that Davis’ accounts of the killing evolved over the years but argued those differences reflected Davis’ changing motivations and efforts to protect himself.
    — Jonathan Landrum Jr, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026
  • This approach improved statistical reliability while still allowing regional differences in climate and heat adaptation to be reflected.
    — Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of differences
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