- present participle of correct.
correcting
Example Sentences
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Slaughter is the latest in a string of recent high-court decisions overturning or correcting bad precedents, usually by 6-3 votes—among them Lemon v.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
After correcting, he was greeted by a section of The Oval crowd rising to applaud him.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
Treating old stem cells with the lysosomal inhibitor increased their blood-forming ability in living animals by more than eightfold, highlighting the powerful regenerative effects of correcting lysosomal dysfunction.
From Science Daily ● May 12, 2026
He says he’s doing nothing other than correcting or updating the many cases and the acts of Congress that have had a pretty long-standing history until today.
From Slate ● Apr. 30, 2026
“We’re going to do our best,” Fly says, correcting me, but in the nicest way possible.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
