correct
verb (used with object)
to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
are correcting
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present progressiveof correct.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"We are correcting those mistakes. Today, we are formally declaring a Type A mishap and ensuring leadership accountability so situations like this never reoccur."
From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026
“We are correcting problems we have found and working hard to take the best care of the comfort women until the last of them dies,” he said.
From New York Times ● Aug. 14, 2022
Meta spokesperson Andy Stone affirmed this policy over Twitter, adding that the company has "discovered some instances of incorrect enforcement and are correcting these."
From Salon ● Jul. 2, 2022
At the same time, "the dollar and other currencies do tend to overshoot when they are correcting, in both directions," Schamotta said.
From Reuters ● Jul. 23, 2021
We are correcting her, and must not let her guide us.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. by
