amend
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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
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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
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“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
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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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