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The phrase "amendment was not approved" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it in contexts where a proposed change or addition to a document, law, or agreement has been rejected.
Example: "The committee voted on the proposed changes, but the amendment was not approved."
Alternatives: "the amendment was rejected" or "the amendment did not pass".
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The amendment was not approved, and the committee could not agree on any proposals.
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Recently Mr. Cruz, responding to Mr. Rubio, has said the amendment, which was not approved, was a "poison pill" designed to kill the entire bill.
Though Mr. Martinez bought the second apartment in 2005, an amendment authorizing the combination was not approved until 2006, and a construction permit was issued last year.
We put down an amendment to that effect in committee, but sadly it was not approved.
Finally, and this is my last comment, I have withdrawn those of my amendments that were not approved by the committee - although they now seem to have appeared again - so my only proposal now is the one that was agreed in the Committee on Development and Cooperation.
Others were not approved.
Songs are not approved either.
Nine drugs were not approved.
The Sixteenth Amendment was not.
(The oral amendment was not accepted).
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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