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correcting

ADJECTIVE

improving

Synonyms

STRONGEST

developing

STRONG

bettering elaborating fixing remodeling repairing

WEAK

convalescent

NOUN

adjustment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

alteration arrangement improvement modification readjustment regulation

STRONG

acclimation acclimatization balancing conformance fitting fixing mending ordering organization orientation redress regulating setting shaping standardization turning

WEAK

organizing repairing

NOUN

mending

Synonyms

STRONG

adjustment alteration ameliorating bettering curing enhancing fixing freshening helping rebuilding rectifying refreshing relieving remedying remodeling renewing renovating renovation repair repairing restoration reviving tinkering

WEAK

patching up

Antonyms

STRONG

neglect

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And for me, it’s always correcting the last thing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 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

January’s data is “consistent with a market that is neither recovering nor correcting sharply,” he added.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

As spring practice gets started, it is not about individuality, Chesney said, but about identifying and correcting mistakes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

And since I don’t want to embarrass anyone by correcting them more than once, I just let them say my name any way they want.

From "Amina's Voice" by Hena Khan

correcting

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