How to Use amendment in a Sentence

amendment

noun

• Any rule change needs two-thirds approval so, if the Premier League can find 14 votes, their amendment would pass.
  — Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 20 Nov. 2024
• Opponents also claim the amendment is quite vague and tip the negotiating scale in favor of organized labor.
  — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022
• The law, which passed unanimously, will be revised by the city attorney’s office after the council approved minor amendments.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
• Thirteen amendments were filed Tuesday, ranging from technical language changes to more substantial adjustments.
  — Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024
• North Carolina and Wisconsin were key swing states that each adopted constitutional amendments.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
• The commission voted to approve an amendment to language in the city’s zoning code that would require new construction to be set back from a property line edging the river or any other watercourse.
  — Steven Litt, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2022
• The amendment to the defense bill failed in a 22-to-36 vote.
  — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022
• In 2020, the amendment failed to pass the statehouse by four votes.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Nov. 2021
• The entire text of the amendment is on the ballot this year.
  — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2020
• People don’t know about the last half of the amendment.
  — Roger Valdez, Forbes, 2 May 2022
• Why are many doctors against the amendment to the bill?
  — Chantelle Lee, TIME, 24 May 2024
• Markey brought up the amendment but did not put it up for a vote.
  — Maria Curi, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
• Canavan warned, but the amendment squeaked through on a 5-4 vote.
  — Allan Vought, The Aegis, 12 June 2018
• The bill may end up being watered down in the amendment process.
  — David McKenzie and Nimi Princewill, CNN, 8 Oct. 2021
• An amendment could be made to lengthen the time down the line, if needed.
  — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2018
• But the amendment might yet make it into the final bill.
  — Grace Segers, CBS News, 12 July 2019
• But a recent amendment takes the treaty a step further.
  — Chelsea Harvey, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2021
• Three-quarters of states would then have to vote in favor for the amendment to pass.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
• Lisa, the amendment process could have been your friend on this one—it’d be way more poignant to write the name of your newest lover.
  — Ginny Hogan, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2021
• The bill, which already passed the House, will be sent back with minor amendments.
  — Cameron McWhirter, WSJ, 13 Mar. 2019
• The second amendment is about the right to defend yourself.
  — Mark Medina, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2019
• In his eyes, Thursday's amendment made a bad bill worse.
  — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jan. 2022
• In the Senate there are calls for specific amendments to the deal.
  — James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023
• Opponents said the amendment would have opened the door to new fees and costs to rooftop solar users.
  — Lois K. Solomon, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 July 2018
• The bill was not going to pass without those last-minute amendments.
  — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, baltimoresun.com, 27 Aug. 2019
• But others were against the amendment, wary of its effect on the city budget.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 4 May 2021
• That’s one of the bases on which the Supreme Court can, in theory, strike down amendments to a Basic Law.
  — Hadas Gold, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
• But there is a way to enact term limits short of amendment.
  — Artemus Ward, The Conversation, 28 July 2022
• Here's a look at what each of the New Orleans home rule charter amendments would do.
  — Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
• The Wolf amendment, as it was later coined, has held for seven years.
  — Alex Stuckey, Houston Chronicle, 22 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024