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Asked whether reports that Johnson would step aside were correct, his spokesman responded in a one-word email: "Accurate."
From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026
This sets up a question of whether the market’s assumption of just two more rate hikes is correct, or whether the number of Fed hikes has been sufficiently priced in.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
Looking back on the photos, my sisters were objectively correct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Museum experts have used CT scanning to examine the lock's internal mechanism, identify the correct letter combination and solve the mystery.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
“Is that correct? That you will be returning?”
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
“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
The historian Rachel Trethewey corrects that in a lively biography, “Muv,” which takes its title from the nickname Sydney’s children bestowed on her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
“Now I have them all written down on a website. Or if my mom corrects me for something that I’m saying in Spanish, I now listen.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
Even though Journey often corrects me, I still enjoy talking with her.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
Any attempt to tamper with programming would surface during testing by election officials and be corrected, they said.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2026
He also corrected Scott's pronunciation of Brazil legend Socrates' name and admitted he wanted fellow Frenchman Kylian Mbappe to beat Kane to the top prize.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
A spokeswoman for Walmart said the prices varied because of an error that has been corrected, not because it used personal information to calibrate the price of a product.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 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
Then it was The Soul's turn to answer, and Julian corrected Mr. Fairbain.
From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg
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
Researchers have been investigating whether correcting this deficiency could improve their health and treatment outcomes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
The lawsuit claims that the Education Department has yet to respond to a credit-bureau dispute over the discharged debt at issue in the case by correcting the error.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
Mrs. Miller was sitting at her desk correcting papers when I knocked on her door.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
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