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
The tunes are all exuberant, and even with a new era of political correctness, never offensive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 19, 2025
"I have seen the arguments in the papers by some lawyers regarding the correctness of some civilians being tried in the Court Martial," President Museveni said in a long post on X.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2024
Let’s begin with the very idea of objective correctness in language.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
