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

He also said there was a further issue about the "correctness" of new evidence provided by a very senior MI5 officer.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2025

There will be no political correctness during Waters’ birthday show.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

Over the next several days there was a strained, tightly wound quality to the way they treated each other, a rigid correctness that was enforced by repetitive acts of willpower.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien