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as in amendment
a change designed to correct or improve a written work
the copy editor's corrections were marked in red
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as in punishment
suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offense
received a severe correction after the third offense
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Recent Examples of correction
Image quality is great, although, like the other hybrid lenses, either in-camera corrections for JPEGs or software corrections for Raw files are essential.
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James Abbott, Space.com, 27 May 2025
Hardin, who is serving time at the North Central Unit in Calico Rock, Arkansas, was sentenced in Benton County in 2017 to 30 years in prison for murder, according to his corrections department profile.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 27 May 2025
In a statement, Thomas Mailey, a spokesman for the department, denied the HALT Act — Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement — was paused, and added the HALT law and state correction law allows the agency to suspend solitary confinement rules during an ongoing state of emergency.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
And the correction on opioid prescribing has precipitated a new problem—pain going undertreated or untreated.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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James Abbott, Space.com, 27 May 2025
Hardin, who is serving time at the North Central Unit in Calico Rock, Arkansas, was sentenced in Benton County in 2017 to 30 years in prison for murder, according to his corrections department profile.
—Michael Loria, USA Today, 27 May 2025
In a statement, Thomas Mailey, a spokesman for the department, denied the HALT Act — Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement — was paused, and added the HALT law and state correction law allows the agency to suspend solitary confinement rules during an ongoing state of emergency.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
And the correction on opioid prescribing has precipitated a new problem—pain going undertreated or untreated.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for correction
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The language used to define hemp is similar to an amendment to the new Farm Bill that was approved last year by the U.S. House Agriculture Committee.—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The amendment to the city charter also gave Brown, along with future mayors, the ability to hire and fire City Hall’s top official, which today is the city administrator.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
6 June 2025
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School personnel also would be prohibited from referring truant students to police to be ticketed as punishment.—
Jennifer Smith Richards,
ProPublica,
28 May 2025
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The punishment was far less than the maximum six-month sentence sought by the government but more than the probation that Papadopoulos and his lawyers had asked for.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
28 May 2025
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Using one's car as a weapon against another competitor on track is unacceptable, and the 10-second penalty that Verstappen earned as a result dropped him to 10th place at the end, ruining his own race more than anyone else's.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2025
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Liverpool played a full part in the second leg and PSG goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma was superb during the game as well as in the decisive penalty shootout.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Does that mean the nine California Republicans, all of whom voted last month for the tax and spending bill, could face his political wrath?—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
5 June 2025
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More to Read Voices Contributor: Once, international students feared Beijing’s wrath.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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“Correction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correction. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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