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
The Nasdaq composite dropped 2.86% to 25437.00, coming to the brink of correction territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 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
Day 150 Engines fired nominally for a mid-course trajectory correction.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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
“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
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
An official from another state would later tell me he was with the commissioner at a corrections conference and sat next to him as he read it near the swimming pool, moaning.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
Vocabulary lists containing correction
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -ion, -tion, -ation
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