corrective
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As the court’s majority acknowledged in Obergefell, its eventual, corrective ruling in favor of the freedom to marry came only after extensive “democratic discourse”:
From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026
Inspectors are monitoring corrective actions and conducting regular inspections for compliance, according to the public health department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
A recall differs from a voluntary product removal in that it requires a company to notify customers and recover affected products from commerce, making it a broader and more costly corrective action.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The relentless positivity might serve as a corrective for a country where, for some, anger and disenchantment has come to overshadow everything, including an everyday decency that never actually disappeared.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The old ones are probably pinching her toes and she’ll leam to walk pigeon-toed, and then we’ll have to get her some corrective braces, on and on and on.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
