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corrects
verb as in fix, adjust
Strongest matches
Strong matches
Example Sentences
The voiceover corrects the note, saying that we don't get such dire warnings.
I never watch television," he says, then corrects himself: "Well, sometimes Carson's monologue.
At one point, her father corrects himself after referring to Beck as a “he.”
So the Obama bill corrects what was conspicuously awful about the Bush bill.
We have,” Jessica adds, then corrects herself, “had a really good group of friends.
In conclusion, he again corrects Eratosthenes as regards the magnitude and divisions of the inhabited world.
When a father corrects his son it means as if he were saying, "My son, I beseech you, be a good boy."
Not indeed that the contrast can be thus absolute: the thirteenth verse corrects this hasty inference.
Like a man of integrity and piety, he corrects himself at once, dismisses her with a blessing, and prays for her success.
A woman-grammarian, who corrects her husband for speaking false Latin, which is called breaking Priscian's head.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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