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
The French and German press and, to some extent, the Spanish press already participated in the political correctness panic in the 90s and early 2000s.
From Salon ● Oct. 8, 2024
As their leader, Dasch explained that his important business was to take care of "the correctness and sufficiency" of their forged identification papers.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
