EMENDING Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

emending

verb

present participle of emend

as in amending

to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from the first printout quickly revealed that our computer program needed to be emended

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The complex legislation — added by gutting and amending a bill known as Senate Bill 492 — was introduced less than three days before the legislative session was to end Monday.

— Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
For a better harvest, Glassey recommends amending the soil before planting fig trees in rocky terrain.

— Rachel Gillett, Martha Stewart, 27 Aug. 2026

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As starlight streams through the telescope, those actuators subtly reshape the mirrors in real time, correcting for imperfections in the telescope's optics smaller than the width of a strand of DNA.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Here’s how to figure out the cause, along with tips for correcting and preventing the problem.

— Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2026

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Both candidates appear to be rewriting their past support while accusing the other of changing their tune.

— Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Boorman and Rospo Pallenberg kept rewriting the script (because no one really knew what the movie was about), and Richard Burton was too dour and old and hungover.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Aug. 2026

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