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emendation

noun

ˌē-ˌmen-ˈdā-shən

Definition of emendation

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a change designed to correct or improve a written work the governor's numerous emendations to the speechwriter's first draft left nary a sentence untouched

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Recent Examples of emendation The Big 12 Conference made a slight emendation on Tuesday. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2026 There would be no airbrushing of the old photos, no silent emendation of the letters from summer camp. — James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025 In the execution scene, the emendations almost seem designed to make an already dismaying narrative intolerable. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023 One emendation to the oddsmaker’s craft was the shocking triumph of Leicester City in the English Premier League in 2016. — Hayden Bird, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2018 Likewise, a 2004 emendation and intensification of the act was also ratified, in part, as a response to the death of another child, Victoria Climbié, at the hands of her guardians. — Tara Isabella Burton, Vox, 27 Apr. 2018 Richard Ouellette’s décor, with a central pavilion amid a grove, serves for both productions, with slight emendations. — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2018

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amendment

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The amendments will not go through the standard committee review and there will be no public record of who demanded the changes, or why.

— Julie Watts, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
The California Legislature is considering an amendment to CIPA that would prohibit the use of wearable recording devices, like smart glasses, inside a place of business.

— Ashlee Difuntorum, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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