amendment
noun
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What is a constitutional amendment?
An amendment is essentially a correction. It comes in many varieties, up to and including the process of altering something through either parliamentary or constitutional procedure. In the United States, the word is often used specifically of a change to the U.S. Constitution. A constitutional amendment may be proposed by Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the Senate and the House of Representatives or through a constitutional convention with majority votes in two-thirds of state legislatures. Once it is ratified by Congress, it must be approved by three-fourths (i.e., 38 of 50) of the states.
Examples of amendment in a Sentence
Lawrence Glickman, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2026
The staff of the soon-to-be-defunct RTA presented the budget amendment at the agency’s April board meeting.
—Talia Soglin, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
In this particular case, legal justification will flow through China's Anti-Monopoly Law, first enacted in 2008 and strengthened through amendments in 2022, and originally presented as a mechanism to ensure fair market competition.
—Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 28 Apr. 2026
Those amendments were designed to stop partisan gerrymandering and require that maps not be drawn to favor or disfavor a political party or incumbent.
—Dan Daley, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Amendment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/amendment. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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amendment
nounU.S. Constitution art. V
