spellchecker
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
When I tried to text somebody yesterday about HMV, the spellchecker replaced "HMV" with "Jamb".
From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2013
Which I would be happy to quote at length, if my spellchecker didn’t keep decorating Martian words with squiggly red lines.
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2012
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 Tinsley, Jim
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