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However, such discoveries would not, by themselves, establish that the alternative model is correct.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026
“This is simply not correct at all,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026
If they felt strongly, they could have come forward at any time, even if Khawaja is proved correct in his claim he was not interviewed in the original investigation.
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026
Federal transportation regulators are looking into reports that Waymo’s driverless taxis passed school buses flashing red lights or displaying a stop sign, despite a software fix that was supposed to correct the problem.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
“I am sure you are correct, my lady. Yet some people do give small amounts to charity,” she said haltingly.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
Every industry eventually reaches a moment when the model and reality drift far enough apart to create an opening for whoever corrects it first.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
When I ask him today to describe the landscape upon arrival, he corrects me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
He pauses, then corrects himself: "As fast as possible, of course."
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
“It’s not a romance, it’s a love story,” she immediately corrects him.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
“Borrowed a car,” he corrects as he swallows.
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
"But I would rather be driving home from a game now thinking, 'OK, I misread it live, I've had the opportunity to go to the screen and we've corrected it'."
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Musk has often promoted Community Notes, calling it "awesome" and asserting that all users, including himself, were subject to being corrected by the crowd-sourced model.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
Blood samples collected throughout the study allowed researchers to track participants' vitamin C concentrations and determine whether supplementation corrected deficiencies.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
In July, the FDA announced that a lettuce sample had tested positive for cyclospora, then corrected the finding as a false positive.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026
“They look like charging stations,” the woman corrected.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
In recent weeks, investors had been treating the Treasury market as a safe-haven in light of “equity-market correcting, doubts about AI and the election outcome,” said Tripp.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026
In 1999, just as today, when share prices fall, it isn’t a delusion correcting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
His call to bowl first in Cape Town also proved poor and he was helpless tactically when South Africa's openers attacked on the first morning before correcting things after lunch.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
She thanked me for correcting her and said, “Sí, sí, nerviosa.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
She watched the cheating husbands and scheming wives as faithfully as ever, but she didn’t reprimand them anymore, as if she’d given up correcting the errors of the world.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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