amended

past tense of amend
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as in reformed
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 amended Soil quality is always an issue, but even the poorest soils can be amended with organic material to support garden growth. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025 The bill, though amended, still takes $1 billion away from local governments. Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025 The original plan last year was to spot touchbacks at the 35, but that was amended at the last minute, possibly to get leaguewide approval. Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 28 Feb. 2025 Often, the new trust will be irrevocable, meaning the child cannot change it, or it can only be amended with the consent of a third party, such as the child’s parent. Christine Fletcher, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 The governor and all of the city’s district attorneys want the 2020 discovery reforms amended so prosecutors would have unilateral control over the speedy trial clock, leaving them to largely be the judges of whether their efforts to provide evidence to the defense are reasonable. Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 26 Feb. 2025 Also this week, while in the hospital, Francis has amended the Vatican's form of government, promoting two archbishops to new positions, and made contact with the parish priest in Gaza. Willem Marx, NPR, 25 Feb. 2025 The new filing in San Francisco federal court was amended on Sunday after being filed first on Wednesday by a group of unions representing federal workers against OPM and acting OPM director Charles Ezell. Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 25 Feb. 2025 On Wednesday, House Bill 1448 was amended and passed onto a third reading in the Indiana House of Representatives. Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
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Verb
  • With Friday’s victory, the Heat improved to 9-20 this season against teams currently with a winning record.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2025
  • In reading, both fourth and eighth graders’ results are down from 2022, while in math, fourth-grade scores have not improved since before the pandemic and eighth-grade scores are at their lowest in decades.
    Thibaut Delloue, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The network soon corrected that reporting to indicate that the suspect had not come across the border.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • While a yellow placard signals two or more major violations, these are typically corrected or mitigated during the inspection, according to the Sacramento County Food Inspection Guide.
    Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Select parlays have enhanced odds, giving customers the chance at larger winnings.
    Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • There is evidence the skulls were significantly enhanced for the attachment of strong muscular jaws.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The males that lived near busy roadways behaved more aggressively than those living farther away by approaching the speaker closely and repeatedly swooping low over it, probably in search of the intruder.
    GrrlScientist, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Richard Nixon behaved with great skullduggery and used the power of the White House in an unconventional way.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • When Illinois rewrote the constitution at a 1970 convention, delegates tried to discourage the proliferation of government entities.
    Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024
  • However, even as most League fans like Arcane, there has been complaining that the events of the show rewrote a ton of existing lore about Piltover and its major characters, which would no doubt be true of other regions featured.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024

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“Amended.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amended. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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