as in amendments
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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amendments
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Those amendments still require ratification by 38 states— so there’s no risk of a runaway rewrite of the founding document.—
Steve H. Hanke,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026 -
But its parliament has just passed controversial amendments to such laws, which remove the right to self-identification and narrow the definition of ‘transgender’.—
Harriet Marsden,
TheWeek,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Emendations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emendations. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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