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amend

[uh-mend] / əˈmɛnd /


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In order to enforce the ban, schools must amend their internal regulations.

From Barron's Aug. 24, 2026

Walker did not amend the timeline in his video or in a subsequent livestream.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

“The California Constitution requires the legislature to go back to the voters if it wishes to amend or repeal a voter-passed law like Prop. 28.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 29, 2026

If she is still of sound mind, she can amend her will and nominate someone else.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

So I arrived at justice, and said finally, “I feel that it is in part my fault that you came to Orgoreyn and so to Pulefen Farm. I am trying to amend my fault.”

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

So seriously, in fact, that he's desperate to make amends for a lyric on the last Killers album, called In Another Life, that made some fans question their relationships.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

The “OG influencer” said that he attempted to make amends with some of the celebrities he targeted, including Britney Spears and Khloé Kardashian, whom he said were receptive to his apologies.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

This year, Fleetwood was determined to make amends and scrapped to a solid one-under 69 which means he has plenty to build on over the next three days.

From BBC Jul. 16, 2026

But one aspect of a fair justice system is for wrongdoers to face proportionate consequences—not to be shunned forever, but to be expected to own up, make amends, and, sometimes, pay a penalty.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

“I’d rather not ask the obscene motive for this. I’d like to think that you’re attempting to make amends in your simple way for slandering me on my dismal first day with this ludicrous wagon.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

“Ballmer was the perfect deep-pocket partner to fund Catona’s flagging operations and lend legitimacy to Catona’s carbon credit business,” says the amended complaint viewed by The Times.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

We amended the trust so that if my brother predeceases my 94-year-old father, his inheritance passes to his 19-year-old daughter.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

His lawyers have asked that the case is amended to claim for damages for "the reputational injury to the President, full stop".

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

In 2015 Spain amended its immigration laws to let authorities immediately reject and return migrants attempting to cross into Ceuta illegally.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 31, 2026

“She’s never been selfish before,” he amended, and some of his anger was dissipated before the satisfaction of his new learning.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

The Times’s lawyers filed the letter Saturday, amending a motion to quash the reporter subpoenas.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

In the letter, the suit says, university officials were amending their investigation to include a May 8 protest she had attended in which urged students to violate university policies, among other allegations.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2026

S&P Dow Jones Indices announced on Thursday that it decided against amending its policies for index inclusion.

From MarketWatch Jun. 5, 2026

While she has not specified the proposed changes, many think it will involve amending Article 9, which renounces war.

From BBC Apr. 21, 2026

Later on, he heard about his sins, arid he repented sincerely, but he thought the amending was harder than it had any right to be.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt




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