- present participle of correct.
correcting
Example Sentences
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After correcting, he was greeted by a section of The Oval crowd rising to applaud him.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
And for me, it’s always correcting the last thing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
Treating old stem cells with the lysosomal inhibitor increased their blood-forming ability in living animals by more than eightfold, highlighting the powerful regenerative effects of correcting lysosomal dysfunction.
From Science Daily ● May 12, 2026
He says he’s doing nothing other than correcting or updating the many cases and the acts of Congress that have had a pretty long-standing history until today.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026
In spite of his parents’ sanction he feels that he is overstepping them, correcting a mistake they’ve made.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
