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.
were correcting
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past progressiveof correct.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“They thought they were correcting something, but it goes much deeper,” he said, explaining that students use gender-neutral language as a tool to fight sexist attitudes prevalent in Argentine culture.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2022
Evidence that more skilled hands were correcting beginners’ mistakes suggests that even a pharaoh’s temple was seen as a place to school rookies.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 16, 2021
Within a few months of the report’s publication, more than 100 charter schools contacted the authors to say they were correcting their policies to get off the bad list.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2020
As the researchers were correcting their algorithms, her brain was correcting its responses to them.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 19, 2018
As to the meaning which the article they were correcting conveyed to her, Barry was a little doubtful.
From The Making of a Soul by Kathlyn Rhodes
