amendment
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There is precedent for this; after the 18th Amendment, which banned the sale of alcohol, was ratified, it took another amendment, the 21st, to overturn Prohibition.
From Salon ● Oct. 26, 2026
The filtered water is reused, and the chips break down with the worm castings into a soil amendment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Suk’s scholarship focuses on the processes of constitutional amendment and reform and the feminist constitutional movements.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Congress approved a constitutional amendment Wednesday abolishing Brazil's six-day working week, a flagship Lula campaign promise that will give employees two paid days off without cutting their wages.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Representative Thetus Sims of Tennessee had broken his arm and shoulder by slipping on ice several days earlier, but he refused to seek medical care until he cast his vote in favor of the amendment.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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The human study protocol, all amendments, and the informed consent form received approval from the Institutional Review Boards at the participating sites.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
“This will leave many of the more vulnerable reliant on extensions, payment-in-kind amendments costly refinancing or sponsor support,” says Moody’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Voters in more than a dozen states are considering tax-related amendments in November.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
It is among a series of amendments, external the government has tabled for the legislation.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Constitutional amendments guaranteeing African Americans “equal protection of the laws” and the right to vote proved as impotent as the Emancipation Proclamation once a white backlash against Reconstruction gained steam.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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