Example Sentences

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But clearly, all hope is not lost - most believe that the market is correcting itself from previous highs.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025

Carol Steinbeck would also help her husband by not only typing the drafts as he wrote them but with “writing the revision, that is, correcting errors and editing for contradictions and awkwardness.”

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2024

Dwayne Johnson’s fans smelled that “The Rock” was cooking up fibs, and now the cheat-meal connoisseur is correcting his “first-ever” burger flub.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024

The “difficult” part is correcting errors that pop up as quantum calculations progress, which happens at a significantly higher rate than in classical systems.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023

It is possible, when one is correcting proofs to persuade oneself of anything.

From Fortitude by Walpole, Hugh, Sir