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correction

[kuh-rek-shuhn] / kəˈrɛk ʃən /




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It liquidates portfolios in the midst of a stock-market correction.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

The correction, when it comes, travels in the opposite direction and arrives nowhere.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

"We cannot just plod on to 2030 without a course correction; nature is critical to all life on Earth: to our economies, to our wellbeing," she added.

From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026

“Three key risks have been increasing, each with the potential for broader implications: an artificial intelligence-driven market correction, a sharper rise in sovereign bond yields, and cyberattacks,” the IMF said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

I want to tell him that it’s not mine, that I barely understand it, but I get what he’s trying to say, and the correction would make it seem as though I didn’t.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

Community Notes, which allows users to contribute notes that add context or corrections to posts, was introduced by X in late 2022 and the same model is increasingly being adopted by other tech platforms.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

“New Stanford” comes with a trio of experts — host Alison Wood Brooks, a behavioral psychologist; “federal corrections professional” Michael Cantrell; and journalist Trymaine Lee — whose contribution amounts to a sort of color commentary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

“It was impossible to get. Our video store had only one copy, and there was a waiting list. It took us about three or four months,” says Phoenix-area corrections officer Steve Taris.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Engineers will continue refining its camera settings and determining the optimal configurations for its deformable mirrors, which can change shape to make extremely precise corrections to incoming light.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

His job was to find the exact orbits and course corrections needed for any given mission.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir


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