as in modification
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 amendment
The committee voted 33-25 to adopt the name change as part of a larger amendment.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Last week, Democrats on the House Rules Committee forced a vote on an amendment requiring Congress to release the remaining Epstein files.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Republicans also voted down a Democratic amendment to restore funding to current levels in the coming year.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 22 July 2025
If approved, the adoption of these amendments will be held on August 5.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2025
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 23 July 2025
Last week, Democrats on the House Rules Committee forced a vote on an amendment requiring Congress to release the remaining Epstein files.
—Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
Republicans also voted down a Democratic amendment to restore funding to current levels in the coming year.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 22 July 2025
If approved, the adoption of these amendments will be held on August 5.
—Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 21 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amendment
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More aggressive treatment options Advertisement In particularly severe cases—especially when someone has an underlying autoimmune disease—OTC eye drops and lifestyle modifications will likely fall short.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
21 July 2025
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Content pinning reinforces the CIO's responsibility to establish strict IT change management policies before rolling out any updates or modifications.—
David Chou,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Lieutenant Governor Patrick has said that THC consumption leads to addiction and brain alteration, as reported in The Texas Tribune.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 July 2025
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The third hurdle is the widespread destruction or alteration of information (intentional or not), which has occurred several times in human history, and which is likely to occur again.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Gabriel House previously submitted a plan of correction to the state, and later received a certificate to operate until December 2025, per WPRI-TV and WBZ-TV.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
18 July 2025
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The film’s warm tones take the form of a mid-2000s orange wash, harkening back to a time when digital color correction was the hot new tool, but action filmmakers hadn’t quite figured how to modulate it.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
18 July 2025
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“Amendment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amendment. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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