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erratum

[ih-rah-tuhm, ih-rey-, ih-rat-uhm] / ɪˈrɑ təm, ɪˈreɪ-, ɪˈræt əm /


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I think his social media followers will instead shout, “Holy erratum, Batman.”

From Washington Post Nov. 1, 2019

But in an erratum issued by the journal, first reported by Retraction Watch, the authors said those two findings were “exactly reversed.”

From Washington Times Jun. 11, 2016

This one isn’t, strictly speaking, a study but, rather, a remarkable erratum to a study that garnered quite a bit of attention when it was published, in 2012, in the American Journal of Political Science.

From The New Yorker Jun. 11, 2016

“That’s another error in this publication and I’ve submitted an erratum to the publisher,” Thorp said.

From MSNBC Jun. 10, 2014

And though in those days no practical mischief could arise from this singular erratum, which English Griesbachs will hardly enter upon the roll of various readings, yet, harmless as it was, it met with punishment.

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by De Quincey, Thomas

The journal will assess the claims, he adds, and issue errata or retractions if warranted.

From Science Magazine Nov. 10, 2022

Bik estimates that her discoveries have led to at least 172 retractions and more than 300 errata and corrections.

From Nature May 12, 2020

If you have a correction to suggest, submit it through our errata reporting tool.

From Textbooks Mar. 27, 2020

The errata of John M. Ford could fill volumes, if you could locate all of it.

From Slate Nov. 15, 2019

In the twenty years between the first shovelsful of dirt and the final errata sheets, the scientists concluded that paleo-Indians had occupied Monte Verde at least 12,800 years ago.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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