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An electrode might be positioned in the correct general region but still fail to activate all the connections associated with lasting improvement.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
"Talk to them about what they know, talk to them about what they're feeling. You can gently correct inaccurate facts," the doctor said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026
But that evening, the Lindner Center of Hope posted on X to correct the record: Talarico had never been a patient.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
“We provided California an opportunity to self correct its records,” Attorney General Todd Blanche said after the lawsuit was filed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Entire truthfulness, honesty, and good faith should be observed by all who seek correct responses.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
“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
“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
It also analyzes whether an outlet acknowledges and corrects errors, reveals conflicts of interest, and distinguishes news reporting from opinion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Neither of us corrects her, which definitely hasn’t gone unnoticed.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
We want our preferences remembered, our mistakes corrected and our food ready precisely when promised.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
They said their blood sugar readings were refractory, meaning they kept coming back despite being given glucose, whereas naturally-occurring hypoglycemia can be easily corrected with a treatment such as a sugary drink.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
Education Department and her loan servicer, as well as disputing her credit report, to get the situation corrected.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 2026
“If you think about it,” he corrected me, “Bitcoin is half-priced compared to last year.”
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
As she grew up, a sound English education corrected in a great measure her French defects; and when she left school, I found in her a pleasing and obliging companion: docile, good-tempered, and well-principled.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
The department says minor mistakes or admin tweaks, such as correcting a name on a booking form, can cost passengers up to £40.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Yet he went on correcting, as he had done for several previous editions, cutting and replacing words, rearranging sentences, even adding a new chapter to the sixth edition.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Malissa Tayaba, vice chair of the Shingle Springs tribe, said the bill was a modest step toward correcting the exclusion of tribes from decisions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 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
For months no one could mention the daughter's name in his presence, though he kept calling them all "Sofía" and quickly correcting himself.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
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