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Granted, it’s early and there’s plenty of time for him to course correct, and his receivers have had several key bobbles and drops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
“Excuse me I must correct the record on this slander,” he wrote in the caption.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026
This emerging language, known as “neuralese,” is drifting toward incomprehensibility because training an AI to arrive at the correct answer incentivizes them to use representations that span languages, mathematics and other disciplines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Roman's attitude control system first points the spacecraft toward the correct area of the sky.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
“I am sure you are correct, my lady. Yet some people do give small amounts to charity,” she said haltingly.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
He corrects himself: “I’m having a riotous time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
He pauses, then corrects himself: "As fast as possible, of course."
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 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
He always corrects me when I call her by her name.
From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas
Fortunately, the tax code allows many of these missteps to be corrected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 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
“If you think about it,” he corrected me, “Bitcoin is half-priced compared to last year.”
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
“He had the fight against Tatsuro Taira; I think he evolved and corrected some mistakes he made in that fight. So I think it’s going to be completely different.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
“No,” Otto corrected him, scared to go down this path, but needing to.
From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles
In particular Mr. de Moura, who was focused on improving Lean’s core capabilities, spent long hours each day correcting Mathlib entries made by other contributors, who seemed to him demanding and disrespectful.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
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
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
“Yo, why you always correcting something? You Professor Bumbletongue or something?”
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
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