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 amendment proposes that these types of projects could get waivers from the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals to speed up the approvals process — taking them out of the community back-and-forth that often happens even with senior housing (a generally popular project type).
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 24 Oct. 2025
In response to her death, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas introduced an amendment to the city’s traffic safety ordinance that would prohibit right turns on red signals when school-zone speed limits are in effect.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
The amendment changes the theory of the case from reckless indifference to intentional misconduct, according to the family’s lawyers, which could raise the damages awarded to the family.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The wide-ranging pact also includes amendment of a forbearance agreement with Palomar’s lenders, a requirement that lenders created after the public health care district breached financial covenants on more than $700 million in revenue bond debt.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
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Kim Velsey, Curbed, 24 Oct. 2025
In response to her death, Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas introduced an amendment to the city’s traffic safety ordinance that would prohibit right turns on red signals when school-zone speed limits are in effect.
—Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
The amendment changes the theory of the case from reckless indifference to intentional misconduct, according to the family’s lawyers, which could raise the damages awarded to the family.
—Nikita Ostrovsky, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
The wide-ranging pact also includes amendment of a forbearance agreement with Palomar’s lenders, a requirement that lenders created after the public health care district breached financial covenants on more than $700 million in revenue bond debt.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amendment
Noun
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However, the school is looking to enforce some sort of modification.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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North, 12, was seen wearing fake body modifications alongside her friends, who were also wearing faux face tattoos, in several clips posted on her TikTok account shared with Kardashian, 45, last weekend.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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So that seemingly innocent Machu Picchu stamp—one of the most popular souvenir stamps around—could be viewed not as a harmless keepsake but as an unauthorized alteration that might jeopardize your ability to travel.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Earlier alterations were made incrementally, and only after much deliberation.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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How Austin Went From Boom To Bust The Texas capital is one of the few markets in the country where home prices are now below their pandemic peaks, after the city experienced a steep correction starting from the fall of 2022.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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Fairlead Strategies undertakes no obligation to maintain or update this material based on subsequent information and events or to provide you with any additional or supplemental information or any update to or correction of the information contained herein.—
Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Amendment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amendment. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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