correction
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Thursday’s sharp intraday reversal in the Nasdaq 100, its largest since April, was “probably the most encouraging development since October’s correction began.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
This creates uneven growth within tech-heavy economies and leaves them exposed to a potential market correction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
A No 10 spokeswoman said a correction had been issued to Hansard, the official report of parliamentary debates, and would be "published in due course".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The falsehood had been viewed millions of times before the correction arrived.
From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026
Day 150 Engines fired nominally for a mid-course trajectory correction.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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A system that produces inexpensive answers but requires repeated corrections can be costly to use.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
The head of the state's corrections department is resigning from his post in the wake of the botched execution.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
This is smaller than previous corrections, Citi notes, but investors should buy the dip nevertheless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Bruce Davis, who was Charles Manson’s so-called “right-hand man,” died in a California prison hospital late last week at the age of 83, corrections officials said Monday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
An official from another state would later tell me he was with the commissioner at a corrections conference and sat next to him as he read it near the swimming pool, moaning.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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Vocabulary lists containing correction
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ion, -tion, -ation
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