EMENDED Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

emended

verb

past tense of emend

as in amended

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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In October 2025, Guatemala’s Congress amended several laws to designate the Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha gangs as transnational criminal and terrorist organizations.

— Almudena Calatrava, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
The original proposal included employers of all sizes, but the Board of Health amended the policy to exempt small businesses.

— Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

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Running complicated algorithms on quantum computing hardware is going to require the use of logical qubits, where collections of hardware qubits are linked together in ways that allow errors to be detected and corrected.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
The neighborhood group argued that the driveway should be moved or otherwise corrected before approval.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026

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