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Revocable trusts allow the person who opens it to retain control during their lifetime and amend it, revoke it or move assets in and out of it, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Maybe you think other statutes, like the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, or removal protections for the Federal Reserve, are just as important to amend.

From Slate ● Jul. 6, 2026

The EU's opinion does not prevent France from introducing a minimum age, but it must now amend the draft law to make it compatible with EU rules.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

This proposition would amend the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, and speed up the process for projects deemed “essential,” including certain housing, water, health, public safety, energy and transportation projects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

You will, of course, be required to amend the permanent record when a name is decided upon.”

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

But one aspect of a fair justice system is for wrongdoers to face proportionate consequences—not to be shunned forever, but to be expected to own up, make amends, and, sometimes, pay a penalty.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

He gets a lot of those letters and visits, that are like people making amends.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

Four years on from suffering penalty heartbreak against Argentina in the final in Qatar, Les Bleus look determined to make amends and go all the way this time.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

But Jerry wants in his sputtering way to make amends to his brother for the cruel things he did to him when they were younger.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026

So many amends to be made, the makings of how different justice could look.

From "Pet" by Akwaeke Emezi

Two years later, Kansans amended the state constitution to change how justices reach the bench.

From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026

In the years that followed, the American people abolished slavery, amended a constitution that had accommodated it, expanded civil and political rights that had long been denied to millions, and became a great multiethnic democracy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Louisiana acknowledged that the treatment of Landor by prison guards was "antithetical to religious freedom" and amended its prison grooming policy.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

In fall 2025, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law AB 847, which amended the penal code to allow oversight commissions to receive confidential sheriff’s department documents and review them in closed session.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

“Easy for you\” he amended, touching my nose with his fingertip.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

In the letter, the suit says, university officials were amending their investigation to include a May 8 protest she had attended in which urged students to violate university policies, among other allegations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 30, 2026

S&P Dow Jones Indices announced on Thursday that it decided against amending its policies for index inclusion.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 5, 2026

"So the best scenario for Japan is that Takaichi kind of takes a deep breath and focuses on amending the relationship with China."

From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026

Sixteen years later, as a member of Congress, I helped draft the 1991 Civil Rights Act, amending Title VII of the 1964 law to make disparate-impact analysis explicitly part of the law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

Later on, he heard about his sins, arid he repented sincerely, but he thought the amending was harder than it had any right to be.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt