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corrective

[kuh-rek-tiv] / kəˈrɛk tɪv /


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"If the game developer has even a minimum of courtesy and empathy towards the victims, it should take corrective action without delay."

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

“Of those complex comments, approximately 12 expressed concern and/or disapproval” of California’s coastal management, according to the draft review, which referred to these comments in its recommendations for corrective actions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

U.S. air-safety regulators had convened an internal panel known as a corrective action review board on Friday to decide whether the problem amounted to an unsafe condition that needed to be addressed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Hundreds of thousands of Americans undergo corrective eye procedures each year, including LASIK, which uses a laser to reshape the cornea and improve how the eye focuses light.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

He was doing nothing less now, he thought, than prescribing corrective lenses for Earthling souls.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut


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