corrective

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The opinion offers correctives, including on the standard for showing that a policy has a business purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

To the contrary, Mormon journals, especially the ones written by those outside the “patriarchy,” have long served as correctives to the “official” histories written by Mormon men.

From Slate • Sep. 20, 2023

This isn’t a book about letting your kid do whatever they want, but Koegel and LaZebnik also understand that behavioral correctives should, simply put, correct behavior.

From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023

A meticulous scholar, Hickman draws on diaries and memoirs to immerse us in these women’s lives and offer important correctives.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2022

By that vast demand on the territorial fund, the correctives and qualifications which might have been gradually applied to the abuses in Indian commerce and government were rendered extremely difficult.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund