correction
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Roman used far less fuel than expected during its first course correction, carried additional propellant at launch, and is projected to conserve even more during its second mid-course correction and orbital insertion.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
"Ok the cav?" he asked, before immediately sending a correction to "cave".
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Microsoft on Monday published a “humanist” code of conduct to show its commitment to ensuring Microsoft’s models “will never resist human interruption, correction, or shutdown.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
However, a sharp correction is unlikely, with crude palm oil prices expected to stay above 4,000 ringgit a ton, she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
“And when the babies were decanted ...” “ ‘Born,’ ” came the correction.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
Will Matthews, a corrections spokesperson, said in a statement after this article first published that the state sent $995,000 to the Riverside County Workforce Development Division in August 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
She directed core participants to provide any corrections to errors or omissions by no later than 31 December.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Mark Zuckerberg built Facebook on a “move fast and break things” motto that allowed for course corrections after missteps.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
After making those corrections, the team developed a new method for reconstructing the glacier's internal ice in three dimensions using Bayesian statistics.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 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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