correcting

Example Sentences

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Avoid ultra-lean blends; they bake up tight and crumbly, the culinary equivalent of overcorrecting.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

While wanting someone who matches your pace professionally is understandable, I think you might be overcorrecting in a way that won’t necessarily result in you meeting the right person.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 8, 2025

The challenge isn’t just shuffling or adding talent; it’s doing so without overcorrecting.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2025

Or perhaps developers were overcorrecting against tendencies to link certain groups to conflict?

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2023

He swerved and nearly put the truck in a ditch two times before he stopped overcorrecting and got the hang of the subtle movements of the steering wheel.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss