correctly

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"Proteins are the cell's molecular machines, and many of them need sugar tags added in just the right way to fold correctly, travel to the right place and do their jobs," Gentry said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

As Newman correctly identified in his note, each company takes a different approach to quantum technology.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The CSM said magistrates, who in the French system direct police in the conduct of a criminal investigation, lacked the financial and manpower resources to do their work correctly.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The document asks all the right questions and reaches all the wrong conclusions—the way a doctor might correctly identify symptoms and then prescribe a remedy that aggravates the disease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

He hoped Master would not remember to ask him to recite it because, although he had memorized the verse correctly, he would have no answer when Master asked, What does it mean?

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie