correction
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All of this does not mean “sell everything” because a correction might be coming.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
Less than four months later, the S&P 500 was in correction territory.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
Then came a confusing correction: A product sample the agency had initially described as positive was later determined to be a false positive.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
“I think we’ve come off of a pretty violent correction in the AI trade,” said Drew Cupps, portfolio manager at Polen Capital.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Every moment—every blink—is composed of a series of discrete moving parts, and every one of those parts offers an opportunity for intervention, for reform, and for correction.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
That indictment triggered an illegal strike by corrections officers.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
Many of these companies have experienced meaningful corrections in the past six weeks or so.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Vance press team contacted my editors to demand corrections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Born Halroy Candis Williams on Dec. 14, 1938, in Columbus, Ohio, Williams was working as a juvenile corrections officer when he decided to pursue his dreams of becoming an actor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
“When he began to talk again, it was with greater precision. And now his lapses are very few. His corrections and apologies are very prompt. And his good humor is unfailing.”
From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry
Vocabulary lists containing correction
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ion, -tion, -ation
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