emending

verb

present participle of emend
as in amending
to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from the first printout quickly revealed that our computer program needed to be emended

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  1. amending
  2. correcting
  3. rewriting
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  • For two years, legislators and advocacy groups have proposed amending the Illinois Pesticide Act to require advance notification before spraying near schools and parks.
    — Christiana Freitag, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2026
  • There are many ways to improve your garden’s soil quality, such as amending it with compost and mulching around plants.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of amending
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  • Investors are misjudging, and then correcting, who or what will actually capture AI’s value.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Many patients are now thinking long-term from the outset, focusing on maintaining structure rather than correcting it later.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of correcting
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  • Rather than juggling separate tools for writing, editing, grammar checking, AI detection, and rewriting, UmanWrite brings everything into a single platform.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2026
  • McKinsey's research on how AI is rewriting banking illustrates the gap.
    — Nicole Casperson, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of rewriting
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