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correcting

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verb

present participle of correct
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Recent Examples of correcting
Verb
Through training and patience, owners can work on correcting the inappropriate barking behavior. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025 The French formulation contains a blend of oils that nourish the hair while correcting its color. Jenny Berg, Allure, 31 Dec. 2024 This cycle of monitoring, correcting and refining is foundational for developing advanced technologies like autonomous vehicles, where precision, adaptability and continuous learning are essential. Evan Kaplan, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 Carter, however, defended the treaties as vital for correcting historical injustices and strengthening relations with Latin America. George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024 But critics say the agreements are inflexible, expensive and go beyond correcting constitutional violations. Shaila Dewan, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024 However, Mercury also will retrograde through your fourth house of home and family from November 18 to 29, revealing misalignments in your personal life that need correcting. Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 23 Dec. 2024 Pointing out these double standards and unrealistic expectations is the first step towards addressing and correcting them. Zara Hanawalt, Parents, 19 Dec. 2024 But the main battle appeared to be between Rachel and Sam, who politely, yet firmly, took each other on — often correcting the other’s résumé boasting with their own narrative. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for correcting
Adjective
  • As tensions escalated with Pakistan after India accused it of having a supporting hand in a terror attack that killed over two dozen Indians last month, the Indian authorities announced punitive measures, including expelling Pakistani citizens.
    Suhasini Raj, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • Their exceedingly ambitious goal: to find compromise and a middle ground on one of the most contentious and insoluble issues of recent decades — and to bring some balance to a Trump policy that is almost wholly punitive in its nature and intent.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • By intent of the Founders, amending the Constitution is an arduous process.
    Nolan Finley, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025
  • However, the process of amending the Constitution is intentionally difficult, aimed at ensuring broad support for changes and limiting alterations to foundational laws.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 25 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • In an interview with The Athletic last month, Diggins described the feeling of finishing one of the most punishing endurance tests in all of sports.
    Zack Pierce, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • But punishing that behavior means bringing the hammer down on Vietnam, hardly a step that would win Washington strategic support in Hanoi, where a new leadership dominated by public security and military officials actually sees eye to eye with China in some areas.
    Evan A. Feigenbaum, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • But Department of Social Services regulators have substantiated a host of other violations in recent years and ordered the facility to implement corrective actions, records show.
    Jeff Mcdonald, Mercury News, 12 May 2025
  • By creating structured processes for human experts to validate AI decisions and provide corrective feedback, enterprises can accelerate the learning curve for their agents while managing risk.
    Manish Garg, Forbes.com, 8 May 2025
Verb
  • This confirmed that neutralizing the protein could help turn off the overactive immune response.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Our editors love this gel-cream moisturizer's cooling, skin-soothing texture and redness-neutralizing tint.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Allure, 19 Mar. 2025

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“Correcting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correcting. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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