correctness
Example Sentences
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My father, a World War II officer and stickler for correctness, was especially proud of my medal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
In the early 1990s, the two men wrote for a campus publication, attacking what they saw as political correctness destroying American higher education.
From Barron's ● Dec. 24, 2025
She said actions to address harassment and violence against women, and other groups facing discrimination were increasingly perceived as political correctness.
From BBC ● May 2, 2025
The tunes are all exuberant, and even with a new era of political correctness, never offensive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2025
I had feared that her sharp, stubborn mind, caught in her self-made antihelical trap, might dig up irrelevant results that would foster uncertainty about the correctness of the double helix.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
