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correcting

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“We are working towards transcendence,” the cardinal said to the packed press room before quickly correcting his mistake.

The story of Gliese 581g highlights how hard exoplanet-hunting is, and how science at its best is self-correcting.

He encouraged the boy to express his opinions, gently correcting him when he was wrong.

So, to save your eyes, I have therefore taken the liberty of correcting the worst of their amateur Twitter typos.

A lot of that learning came through understanding and correcting what made airplanes crash.

I follow F. mainly, correcting the spelling; and give selected variations.

Do not be continually watching for faults, that you may display your own superior wisdom in correcting them.

Never pain another person by correcting, before others, a word or phrase mispronounced or ungrammatically constructed.

I was sitting at a late hour in my room above the college Yard, correcting daily themes.

Are they capable of calming the passions, of correcting vices, and of giving virtue to those who most scrupulously observe them?

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On this page you'll find 60 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to correcting, such as: developing, bettering, elaborating, fixing, remodeling, and repairing.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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