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as in amendment
a change designed to correct or improve a written work
the copy editor's corrections were marked in red
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as in punishment
suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense
received a severe correction after the third offense
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Recent Examples of correction
As a correction, the victim is in serious condition.
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Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 31 July 2025
In October, two more corrections officers, Heather Lasha Craig and Bailey Clark Ganey, were criminally charged.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
At the meeting, Demings contended that having corrections officers — who are county employees — transport detainees to facilities like Alligator Alcatraz, about 240 miles south of the jail, is a bridge too far.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2025
To ensure unbiased predictions, the model the researchers developed used hundreds of brain imaging features and statistical corrections.
—New Atlas, 29 July 2025
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Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 31 July 2025
In October, two more corrections officers, Heather Lasha Craig and Bailey Clark Ganey, were criminally charged.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 30 July 2025
At the meeting, Demings contended that having corrections officers — who are county employees — transport detainees to facilities like Alligator Alcatraz, about 240 miles south of the jail, is a bridge too far.
—Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 July 2025
To ensure unbiased predictions, the model the researchers developed used hundreds of brain imaging features and statistical corrections.
—New Atlas, 29 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for correction
Noun
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That goal, however, is complicated by a constitutional amendment that requires an independent commission to lead the process.—
Leah Askarinam,
Chicago Tribune,
26 July 2025
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Like the League of Women Voters, Protect AR Rights is also proposing a constitutional amendment aiming to protect Arkansans' right to petition.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 July 2025
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Mackenzie sued, arguing that under the Constitution, her American birth gave her citizenship as a right, not a privilege, to be removed only as punishment for a crime or through voluntary expatriation.—
Marcia Biederman,
Hartford Courant,
13 July 2025
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In April, the U.S. government revoked all South Sudanese visas as punishment for the country after its government refused to accept a deportee who was in fact from the Democratic Republic of Congo.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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After the Supreme Court restored the U.S. death penalty in 1976, Florida's previous record for total executions in a year was eight in 2014, which was exceeded on Thursday.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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The state has executed 594 inmates in the modern death penalty era (since 1976).—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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Anyone who dared challenge the prevailing narrative faced the wrath of a ravenous cancel culture.—
David Oliver,
USA Today,
22 July 2025
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That patience has only earned Powell the president’s wrath.—
Paolo Confino,
Fortune,
16 July 2025
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“Correction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correction. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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