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

She said actions to address harassment and violence against women, and other groups facing discrimination were increasingly perceived as political correctness.

From BBC • May 2, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2025

I had feared that her sharp, stubborn mind, caught in her self-made antihelical trap, might dig up irrelevant results that would foster uncertainty about the correctness of the double helix.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson