self-correcting
adjective
self-cor·rect·ing
ˌself-kə-ˈrek-tiŋ 
: correcting or compensating for one's own errors or weaknesses
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The mistake is assuming your style is self-correcting.
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Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Our scientific foundation, which includes the full suite of data and the scientific method for self-correcting and making progress, is sturdier and stronger than at any point in history.
—Big Think, 12 Nov. 2025
A lot of sharp people still don’t see it, in part because of a faith, not yet exhausted, in some kind of self-correcting market mechanism: A costly and degraded product would be punished somehow.
—Tommy Craggs, Wired News, 27 Oct. 2025
China’s rise under Xi is challenging not just American power, but a foundational tenet of America’s open society—that openness to debate and inquiry is the foundation of a self-correcting system.
—Jonathan A. Czin, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
The question now is how much more hollowing out Americans will tolerate, and whether the nation’s self-correcting mechanisms are still operational.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
The moral principles and self-correcting mechanisms of our democracy have become the beacon and timeless tools of struggle for all Americans and an inspiration for the world.
—Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025
Typewriters, which ruled office technology market from the 1880s to the 1980s, had no self-correcting features.
—Pat Butler, Sportico.com, 16 May 2025
The current situation—where the market irrationally rewards the very leadership causing Tesla's decline—represents the ultimate failure of capitalism's self-correcting mechanisms.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Our scientific foundation, which includes the full suite of data and the scientific method for self-correcting and making progress, is sturdier and stronger than at any point in history.
—Big Think, 12 Nov. 2025
A lot of sharp people still don’t see it, in part because of a faith, not yet exhausted, in some kind of self-correcting market mechanism: A costly and degraded product would be punished somehow.
—Tommy Craggs, Wired News, 27 Oct. 2025
China’s rise under Xi is challenging not just American power, but a foundational tenet of America’s open society—that openness to debate and inquiry is the foundation of a self-correcting system.
—Jonathan A. Czin, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2025
The question now is how much more hollowing out Americans will tolerate, and whether the nation’s self-correcting mechanisms are still operational.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
The moral principles and self-correcting mechanisms of our democracy have become the beacon and timeless tools of struggle for all Americans and an inspiration for the world.
—Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, Boston Herald, 4 July 2025
Typewriters, which ruled office technology market from the 1880s to the 1980s, had no self-correcting features.
—Pat Butler, Sportico.com, 16 May 2025
The current situation—where the market irrationally rewards the very leadership causing Tesla's decline—represents the ultimate failure of capitalism's self-correcting mechanisms.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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“Self-correcting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-correcting. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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