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correction

[kuh-rek-shuhn] / kəˈrɛk ʃən /




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The scholar’s obligation is therefore not to proclaim truth, but to report evidence honestly, acknowledge uncertainty and remain open to correction.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Traditional computers can experience errors too, but decades of development have produced reliable error correction methods that can quickly detect and repair them.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

They can suffer from lower perceived competence, burn out, and ultimately quit or flee to other sports to escape the older sibling’s shadow, which isn’t necessarily a negative course correction.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 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

"How was your school today?" she says, ignoring my correction.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

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

She directed core participants to provide any corrections to errors or omissions by no later than 31 December.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Mission controllers will carry out the first of two course corrections, and Roman's Coronagraph Instrument will be switched on.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

But market corrections and recessions come in all shapes and sizes.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

“You mean the corrections spell out a word by chance?”

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman




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