as in amendment
a change designed to correct or improve a written work
the governor's numerous emendations to the speechwriter's first draft left nary a sentence untouched
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Recent Examples of emendation
The Big 12 Conference made a slight emendation on Tuesday.
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Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026
There would be no airbrushing of the old photos, no silent emendation of the letters from summer camp.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
In the execution scene, the emendations almost seem designed to make an already dismaying narrative intolerable.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
One emendation to the oddsmaker’s craft was the shocking triumph of Leicester City in the English Premier League in 2016.
—Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2018
Likewise, a 2004 emendation and intensification of the act was also ratified, in part, as a response to the death of another child, Victoria Climbié, at the hands of her guardians.
—Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 27 Apr. 2018
Richard Ouellette’s décor, with a central pavilion amid a grove, serves for both productions, with slight emendations.
—Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2018
These letters often included a handwritten emendation of grief or praise.
—Phillip Carter, Slate Magazine, 17 Oct. 2017
Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026
There would be no airbrushing of the old photos, no silent emendation of the letters from summer camp.
—James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
In the execution scene, the emendations almost seem designed to make an already dismaying narrative intolerable.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
One emendation to the oddsmaker’s craft was the shocking triumph of Leicester City in the English Premier League in 2016.
—Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2018
Likewise, a 2004 emendation and intensification of the act was also ratified, in part, as a response to the death of another child, Victoria Climbié, at the hands of her guardians.
—Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 27 Apr. 2018
Richard Ouellette’s décor, with a central pavilion amid a grove, serves for both productions, with slight emendations.
—Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2018
These letters often included a handwritten emendation of grief or praise.
—Phillip Carter, Slate Magazine, 17 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emendation
amendment
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But Sunday’s remarkable landslide mean the LDP now has enough seats to override votes in the upper house of parliament, to propose amendments to the constitution, and to chair all lower house committees alongside its coalition partner.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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After hearing testimony from about 40 witnesses, the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a vote on the bill so the sponsors could work on amendments.—
Shaun Boyd,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Emendation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emendation. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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