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Those applying for a licence in Edinburgh must either be in the process of applying for the correct planning permission or have it in place.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
The problem was less severe than engineers had anticipated, making it relatively straightforward to correct.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
"Talk to them about what they know, talk to them about what they're feeling. You can gently correct inaccurate facts," the doctor said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
But that evening, the Lindner Center of Hope posted on X to correct the record: Talarico had never been a patient.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Before the beginning of the universe,” I quickly correct.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
He corrects himself: “I’m having a riotous time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“It’s not a romance, it’s a love story,” she immediately corrects him.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
As the market corrects its math, the quality names should outperform.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
It also analyzes whether an outlet acknowledges and corrects errors, reveals conflicts of interest, and distinguishes news reporting from opinion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
“It’s much larger than average,” the man with thinning hair corrects himself.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
Andy Burnham has asked for Parliament's official record to be corrected after telling MPs an "individual" was "responsible for the murder" of Ann Widdecombe.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
We want our preferences remembered, our mistakes corrected and our food ready precisely when promised.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
Fortunately, the tax code allows many of these missteps to be corrected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Education Department and her loan servicer, as well as disputing her credit report, to get the situation corrected.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Defeasible knowledge, knowledge that might be corrected in the light of new observations, was merely opinion or probability.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
"Having this conviction quashed is not simply about correcting the record, it's about finally having validation that this is an injustice that never should have happened," the 45-year-old said.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Yet he went on correcting, as he had done for several previous editions, cutting and replacing words, rearranging sentences, even adding a new chapter to the sixth edition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Malissa Tayaba, vice chair of the Shingle Springs tribe, said the bill was a modest step toward correcting the exclusion of tribes from decisions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
“If they do not, the index probably has more correcting to do.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
Then every morning Luc would quiz me in person before my shift began, correcting my pronunciation, having me repeat the terms until they rolled off my tongue smooth as marbles.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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