as in repairable
capable of being corrected
a racehorse with some minor, correctable faults
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Recent Examples of correctable
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.
—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
Of course, correctable isn’t the same as being corrected.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Dec. 2025
The former Sacramento Kings star guard added that a lot of the mistakes are correctable.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2025
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
Of course, correctable isn’t the same as being corrected.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Dec. 2025
The former Sacramento Kings star guard added that a lot of the mistakes are correctable.
—Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for correctable
Adjective
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And is any error repairable without a public crisis?—
François Candelon,
Fortune,
12 June 2026
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When getting a product repaired becomes almost as expensive as buying a new one, many consumers will choose to buy and throw repairable items away.—
Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy,
The Conversation,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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How much of the damage is reparable is not yet clear.—
Phillips Payson O’Brien,
The Atlantic,
2 June 2025
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Despite being reparable, malfunctioning coffee machines, electric kettles, irons, and the like were ending up in landfills.—
Anne Pinto-Rodrigues,
Christian Science Monitor,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Vanessa Grubbs,
STAT,
1 June 2026
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The weekend ended with an entertaining display of the sort of effort that’s been absent for so long from the annual exhibition, and while these two things aren’t necessarily related, Sunday’s showcase suggests that even the league’s seemingly most intractable flaws might be remediable.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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For Manus, the problem at the heart of Beijing’s objection may not be resolvable, Hendrichs added.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
12 June 2026
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But one of the challenges here is that some of these crises are not immediately resolvable.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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However, the coherent ones are caused by flaws in the hardware and are therefore fixable.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
9 June 2026
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This matters because media framing helps to determine what the public believes is fixable.—
Sativa Banks,
The Conversation,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
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Distinguish reversible decisions from irreversible ones 5.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Adjective
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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.—
Christopher Edwards,
PEOPLE,
6 May 2026
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Delta’s contract with its pilots becomes amendable Dec. 31, and the airline and its pilot group are in active talks about the next contract.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
5 May 2026
Adjective
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Imagine what could happen if that changed—if leadership was treated as measurable, improvable and ultimately accountable to the same standards as any financial metric.—
Debon Lewis,
Forbes.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Correctable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correctable. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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