as in corrective
serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition
a bill of rights was seen as a much-needed amendatory supplement to the national constitution
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Recent Examples of amendatory
His amendatory language tightens the bill in that regard by only penalizing the companies found guilty of sharing Montanans’ data with foreign adversaries.
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Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2023
Raoul’s comments on Tuesday came one day after Rauner used his amendatory veto powers to rewrite a gun control measure that would have established a 72-hour waiting period to purchase assault-style weapons.
—Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018
Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2023
Raoul’s comments on Tuesday came one day after Rauner used his amendatory veto powers to rewrite a gun control measure that would have established a 72-hour waiting period to purchase assault-style weapons.
—Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 16 May 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for amendatory
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Biden failed to respond with any corrective truths or positive portrayals of immigrant families.Julia Preston, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
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This accelerates the identification of threats and the application of the necessary corrective actions to mitigate them.John Pritchard, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Fifty-five years after Martin Luther King's death, African Americans continue to proudly honor his reformative legacy in Phoenix.The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2024
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While the idea of hiring actors might raise some eyebrows, acting and artistry can be an important step in the reformative process, and Hemsworth suggested that the actors’ real-life experiences helped shape their on-screen characters.Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2023
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The upcoming administration’s appointee for the U.S. Health Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy, has stated that there is no clear evidence that fluoride is beneficial, and that there are potential risks of cancer development due to fluoridated water.Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Games console manufacturers have also found subscriptions to be hugely beneficial to their bottom line.Verity Burns, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2024
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“Amendatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amendatory. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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