as in correctable
capable of being corrected
there are corrigible lapses in the author's grammar, but nothing that a good editor cannot readily fix
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Adjective
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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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The shortcomings — insufficient specificity, thin systemic risk analysis, bank-centric case studies — are significant but correctable.
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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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“Corrigible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corrigible. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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