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Neither designation is inherently correct; what matters is understanding which one you’ve chosen and whether it reflects your wishes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
“It’s important for them to let people know, ‘Hey, we’re here to figure out what’s going on and we’re here to correct it, not find individual scapegoats.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Rather than use generative AI to provide the correct answers, school systems would perform better if it were used to aid research and learning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Forster says that if this new evidence proves correct, the same broad emissions path could instead produce warming closer to 3.5C.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
It seemed Leah was correct; the spirit would not answer unless Lizzie repented.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
When I ask him today to describe the landscape upon arrival, he corrects me.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
He corrects himself: “I’m having a riotous time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
“It’s not a romance, it’s a love story,” she immediately corrects him.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2026
As the market corrects its math, the quality names should outperform.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Whom, corrects the voice of a grammar-school teacher in my head.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
This article has been corrected with the location where UA93 crashed.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
She corrected herself: “They are not tourists. They are elites.”
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
He was corrected by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins who laughed and joked: "Secretary Burgum has to do a little magic."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
He added the £2m would address some of the extra funding needed but he wanted to discuss how funding shortfalls could "urgently and permanently be corrected".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
“It’s Beans,” I corrected him, but he just ignored me.
From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm
"But correcting a distorted representation is already an act of truth."
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Comedian John Mulaney has a bit about the kid at a sleepover who waits until after midnight to announce, “It’s tomorrow now,” then spends the rest of the night correcting everyone.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
“What’s up L.A.?” he paused before correcting himself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Snider notes that the best-performing parts of the AI trade were the places hedge funds added most during the second quarter, and unsurprisingly, these were the sectors correcting most severely in July.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Since there was no point in correcting him about Katherine’s relationship to her, she simply asked, “Where?”
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
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