How to Use amendment in a Sentence
amendment
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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 -
Nick Miller, a Rivas spokesman, said leaders don’t plan to add the repeal amendments to all the bills.
— Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024 -
The Senate has passed their own version of the act without such an amendment.
— Story Hinckley, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2018 -
Voters approved the charter amendment in the fall of 2020.
— Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2023 -
The law is an amendment to the village’s firearm ordinance already on the books.
— Natalie Dreier, ajc, 5 Apr. 2018 -
Also in play is Marsy’s Law, a California amendment that gives victims, in this case the family, the right to be heard in a post-sentencing hearing.
— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Oct. 2024 -
Under the amendment, adults 21 and up would be permitted to possess up to three ounces of marijuana and up to five ounces in the form of marijuana concentrate.
— Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
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