as in repairable
capable of being corrected
a racehorse with some minor, correctable faults
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Recent Examples of correctable
Calm, easy to pilot, and both predictable and correctable on track, the F80 transforms into a snarling monster on the road.
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Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
17 June 2026
The shortcomings — insufficient specificity, thin systemic risk analysis, bank-centric case studies — are significant but correctable.
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Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
All of that should be correctable.
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Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
Still, some states consider driving with only one headlight a correctable violation, meaning police officers will only give a fix-it ticket.
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Isa Almeida,
Oklahoman,
26 Feb. 2026
Several whistleblowers from Maryland’s Department of Human Services alleged a troubling scheme to deliberately leave correctable errors uncorrected in SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) payments, artificially keeping the error rate high to delay federal penalties.
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Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2026
Interim special teams coordinator Ben Kotwica and punter Ethan Evans said the problem was correctable.
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Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2026
The team’s approach involved applying pulses at specific times to make counter-rotating errors consistent and correctable.
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Dec. 2025
For instance, some denials could stem from easily correctable errors if the parents knew of those errors, such as unreadable dental scans or wording from the orthodontist's office that didn't fully explain the medical necessity.
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Beth Warren,
Nashville Tennessean,
8 Dec. 2025
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
17 June 2026
The shortcomings — insufficient specificity, thin systemic risk analysis, bank-centric case studies — are significant but correctable.
—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
All of that should be correctable.
—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
Still, some states consider driving with only one headlight a correctable violation, meaning police officers will only give a fix-it ticket.
—
Isa Almeida,
Oklahoman,
26 Feb. 2026
Several whistleblowers from Maryland’s Department of Human Services alleged a troubling scheme to deliberately leave correctable errors uncorrected in SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) payments, artificially keeping the error rate high to delay federal penalties.
—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Feb. 2026
Interim special teams coordinator Ben Kotwica and punter Ethan Evans said the problem was correctable.
—
Gary Klein,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2026
The team’s approach involved applying pulses at specific times to make counter-rotating errors consistent and correctable.
—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Dec. 2025
For instance, some denials could stem from easily correctable errors if the parents knew of those errors, such as unreadable dental scans or wording from the orthodontist's office that didn't fully explain the medical necessity.
—
Beth Warren,
Nashville Tennessean,
8 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for correctable
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Modular designs and repairable form factors extend useful life and reduce the volume of devices retired prematurely due to single-component failure.
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And is any error repairable without a public crisis?
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Despite being reparable, malfunctioning coffee machines, electric kettles, irons, and the like were ending up in landfills.
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The building suffered reparable damage, but renovation efforts have been thwarted, according to owner James Touhuni.
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And those hard-material limits are not remediable through belief.
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Others described disciplinary processes that escalated quickly and unpredictably, often tied to subjective assessments of behavior rather than remediable clinical skills.
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For Manus, the problem at the heart of Beijing’s objection may not be resolvable, Hendrichs added.
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But one of the challenges here is that some of these crises are not immediately resolvable.
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Dybantsa’s weaknesses are also more fixable than the weaknesses of other prospects at this size.
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But Stewart pushes clients further, toward fixing whatever's actually fixable.
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If the damage is reversible, then boosting HDAC3 could point toward gut lining repair and fresh ideas about how to improve gut health.
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Delta's contract with its pilots becomes amendable at the end of the year, and the airline and its pilot group are in active talks about the next contract, according to USA TODAY.
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These situations are amendable to creditors claiming that the structure is nothing more than the client's alter ego, which is why creditors love to see them.
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Finishing offers some of the most immediate reduction opportunities because these are operational decisions, improvable through technology, process optimization, chemistry selection, renewable energy, and product design.
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There are things that may not be big today but that seem exciting and improvable.
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“Correctable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correctable. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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