Example Sentences

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He says he’s doing nothing other than correcting or updating the many cases and the acts of Congress that have had a pretty long-standing history until today.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

If the scientific community can’t act on obviously false data—when the problems are carefully documented in the peer-reviewed literature—the prospects for soon correcting course on tens of thousands of flawed studies don’t look promising.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

January’s data is “consistent with a market that is neither recovering nor correcting sharply,” he added.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

As spring practice gets started, it is not about individuality, Chesney said, but about identifying and correcting mistakes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

"Not all over," an older brother says, correcting her.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez