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amendment

[uh-mend-muhnt] / əˈmɛnd mənt /




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Aarthi Swaminathan and Andrew Keshner broke down the biggest winners and losers if the amendment passes.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

If the amendment passes, local governments would still be getting more property-tax revenue compared to pre-pandemic years, he has said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The families, who first filed the lawsuit in 2002, spent several years lobbying US Congress to pass an amendment to the foreign sovereign immunity law to allow the case to go ahead.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

It was plausible to assume that the framers delegated to future courts the authority to apply the amendment to new means of invading what the amendment was meant to protect.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

When the constitutional amendment establishing Prohibition was passed in 1919, no one was happier than Billy Sunday.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

Parkinson warned that simply bringing a budget with the spending cuts would lead to "a flood of amendments".

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

The Charter Reform Commission’s recommendations have been boiled down to six charter amendments.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Congress in 2019 enacted amendments reiterating that the center’s mission is to serve as a center for the performing arts and as a “national memorial to President John F. Kennedy.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

But it ran out of time to progress through all the necessary stages in Parliament after some peers in the House of Lords tabled more than 1,200 amendments.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is ratified, or approved, by the states in December.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis




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