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correction

[kuh-rek-shuhn] / kəˈrɛk ʃən /




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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

Effectively, that correction — which many define as a decline of at least 10% to just shy of 20% — ended with a close above the 50-DMA.

From MarketWatch Sep. 1, 2026

Andrew Bailey said any collapse of growth in the AI sector could lead to a "future market correction" that spreads worldwide.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

A poorly written sentence was a poorly conceived idea, and in his view the grammatical logic was as much in need of correction.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

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

And even healthy bull markets routinely experience nasty corrections.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

The Vance press team contacted my editors to demand corrections.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Fay was tall, round-shouldered, and bald, and wore a baseball cap with a state corrections emblem.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover




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