How to Use autocorrect in a Sentence
autocorrect
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Even how to spell it, which autocorrect helped me out with a lot in the beginning.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 July 2022
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Try saying those three times, or even typing them once with autocorrect.
—Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022
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The main issue is not having enough control over autocorrect, Chen says.
—Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2023
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The team found that using autocorrect actually did make people type faster.
—Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 3 Oct. 2019
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Michaels asked, ultimately blaming the mix-up on autocorrect.
—Amanda Wicks, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2022
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Twenty years of that exclamation point really doing a number on autocorrect.
—Vulture, 27 Jan. 2023
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Noah may be the only nominee who won't challenge your autocorrect, but Megan Thee Stallion is the runaway winner.
—Jon Bream, Star Tribune, 12 Mar. 2021
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Copilot works like autocorrect on steroids, offering code to complete whole functions or auto-filling repetitive code as a developer types.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Sep. 2021
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This first iPhone texting tip is not only great for preventing autocorrect fails, but also for improving your overall texting experience.
—Yoni Heisler, BGR, 6 Sep. 2022
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Even if your finger isn't directly touching all of the right letters, the right word will be selected, similar to the regular autocorrect and suggestions feature in iMessage.
—Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2021
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The next generation of autocorrect was one of several small updates to the iPhone experience that Apple announced earlier this month.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 20 June 2023
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These models work by identifying and regurgitating patterns in language, like a super-powerful autocorrect.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2023
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Those models work by predicting the next word in a sequence, sort of like autocorrect on steroids, according to Barrie Robison and Luke Sheneman.
—Idaho Statesman, 13 Oct. 2025
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Spam filters, autocorrect, predictive text, search engines, and recommendation systems were all early applications of AI.
—C200, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
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Autocorrect improvements With iOS 17, users might finally stop apologizing for autocorrect.
—Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 6 June 2023
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Both Jones and Donath separately noted that predictive technologies, essentially omnipresent autocorrect, will become more accurate which will make communication faster and require less brainpower.
—Matt Blitz, Popular Mechanics, 30 Sep. 2021
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Ken Kocienda, who spent 15 years at Apple and invented keyboard autocorrect for the original iPhone, left in 2017 and joined AI hardware startup Humane a few years later.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
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