as in corrective
serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition a bill of rights was seen as a much-needed amendatory supplement to the national constitution

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Recent Examples of amendatory His amendatory language tightens the bill in that regard by only penalizing the companies found guilty of sharing Montanans’ data with foreign adversaries. Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2023 Raoul’s comments on Tuesday came one day after Rauner used his amendatory veto powers to rewrite a gun control measure that would have established a 72-hour waiting period to purchase assault-style weapons. Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amendatory
Adjective
  • The immediate alternative keeps readers engaged to learn the better approach and take corrective action.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
  • Baca sees the workshops as a corrective for military training.
    Dina Litovsky, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • Fifty-five years after Martin Luther King's death, African Americans continue to proudly honor his reformative legacy in Phoenix.
    The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2024
  • While the idea of hiring actors might raise some eyebrows, acting and artistry can be an important step in the reformative process, and Hemsworth suggested that the actors’ real-life experiences helped shape their on-screen characters.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2023
Adjective
  • In addition to a bounty of vegetables, fruits, flowers and interactive learning activities, there to meet them were cavorting goats, buzzing bees, beneficial garden creatures such as pill bugs and worms, and Howie the miniature Scottish Highland Cross steer who loves attention and animal crackers.
    News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2025
  • One key difference: Foreign financial assets that must be reported on the Form 8938 are only those assets in which the person has a beneficial ownership interest.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025

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“Amendatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amendatory. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.

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