amend

Example Sentences

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Legislators could amend the state Constitution to make sheriffs appointed instead of elected — the same as police chiefs.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

Now McGinn sees this World Cup as "a chance to amend it" having "not done ourselves justice in the last couple of tournaments".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

It’s better to extend the filing date than to amend a return.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

They meant to raise the bar of what it would take to amend it and to get rid of it and to change it.

From Slate • Mar. 16, 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