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[kuh-rekt] / kəˈrɛkt /






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Check that a corner is correct: The VAR will make sure that a corner has been correctly awarded.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

You are correct that Social Security’s trust funds are currently projected to be depleted within the next decade.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

The only festivities Brunson had planned for the contest’s transition back to New York was a practice session to correct the team’s mistakes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Together, the two proteins ensure that development proceeds in the correct order and at the proper pace.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

The words to the Swanburne school song occasionally got mixed up with those of the Postal Tygers marching song, but as long as the children sang with conviction Penelope did not bother to correct them.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood




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