spellchecker
Britishnoun
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Previous work by the laboratory identified a "genomic spellchecker," a DNA repair mechanism devoted to reducing mutation risks in key parts of human chromosomes.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 10, 2024
Former head teacher George Gilchrist tweeted about the issue after it emerged primary seven pupils were using the online spellchecker on the test.
From BBC ● May 17, 2018
“The metaphor often used is of a spellchecker on a computer: if you don’t have it, you might have a spelling error in your document. The limitation of that metaphor is, nobody dies.”
From The Guardian ● May 12, 2018
Note, by the way: My spellchecker flagged 'overprescribed' as not a word but I'm here to tell you it is not only a word, it is a phenomenon.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2016
Checking and proofing For spelling, most people just use the spellchecker built into their editor or word-processor.
From The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002 by Jim Tinsley
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