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correctness

[kuh-rekt-nis] / kəˈrɛkt nɪs /




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The former set the tone with unflappable correctness while his partner was more aggressive, and quick to punish bowling which began to err in line as the partnership grew.

From BBC Apr. 3, 2026

My father, a World War II officer and stickler for correctness, was especially proud of my medal.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 4, 2026

In the early 1990s, the two men wrote for a campus publication, attacking what they saw as political correctness destroying American higher education.

From Barron's Dec. 24, 2025

Isabella Gomez’s Yoli is a mercurial delight, though Calderón Kellett overplays the joke of her character’s political correctness.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 19, 2024

I’m sure that absolute correctness must seem a dull existence to you, but I know no other way to be.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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