correction
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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
In this case, a correction of just eight kilometers helped transform an ancient eclipse record into a more precise source of information about Earth's rotation and a potential window into the Sun's distant past.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
After a sharp 9% correction Thursday, SpaceX shares rebounded 3% on the news in pre-market trading Fridaqy and Crown Castle jumped 7%.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
As I ate, I read CPO Family, the magazine of the Correctional Peace Officers Foundation, a group that offered money and support to the families of slain correction officers.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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
A corrections department board two years ago moved to grant Luster’s early release on parole, over the objections of all three victims, who appeared at the hearing and spoke against a release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
In August, I joined Dart's corrections officers as they prepared for an early morning raid on the jail's high security D block.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 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
His job was to find the exact orbits and course corrections needed for any given mission.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Vocabulary lists containing correction
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ion, -tion, -ation
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