correctness

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Recent Examples of correctness Everything about it pleases me, from the correctness of all the enclitic marks upward, to the astonishing lambency of the whole. Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025 On Succession, that obsession with correctness extended to the smallest details, down to the fonts in fictional news articles and TV graphics. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2025 To do so would be tantamount to imposing a ‘speech code’ and our own conservative brand of political correctness. Frederic J. Frommer, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025 So woke and political correctness are basically the same thing. Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025 In contrast, today there are many million individual pieces of evidence in every branch of biology, all of which support and none of which refute the essential correctness of Darwin’s theory. D. Scott Schmid, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025 Don’t just measure generic metrics like accuracy; identify what matters most for your specific application, whether that’s relevance, factual correctness or helpfulness for your users. Sebastian Crossa, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Related Stories Farrelly thinks that kind of oppressive political correctness is fading and that audiences are eager to see movies that eviscerate good taste in order to land a joke again. Brent Lang, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025 Anyone who diverges from progressive orthodoxy is excluded from faculty ranks, free inquiry is subordinated to activism, and taxpayer funds flow into administrative bureaucracies that enforce political correctness. Ilya Shapiro, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for correctness
Noun
  • The new facility is the first to operate with an advanced warehouse management system, which Macy’s expects to significantly improve efficiency and accuracy of fulfillment and store replenishment, while establishing a model that can be scaled across the company’s network in the years ahead.
    Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
  • An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The appropriateness of a particular investment or strategy will depend on an investor’s individual circumstances and objectives.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2025
  • In the previous case, the board did not require the property owner to pursue the certificate of appropriateness because the application included rebuild plans.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, jsonline.com, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Right now, there is a lot of doubt about the authenticity of things.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Both his writing and his therapy work involve a certain slant on what authenticity means in various contexts.
    Willing Davidson, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Stone praised Pine’s range and suitability for the demanding role.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Published in Environmental and Biogeochemical Processes, the work investigated the suitability of boron isotope fingerprinting techniques for studying glass dissolution mechanisms, focussing on solid-state diffusion processes during boron release.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After their parents got the police involved, the case remained unsolved for months until the FBI uncovered the shocking truth of who was behind the vicious messages after all.
    James Mercadante, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • For four weeks, Haddish travels with her longtime best friends Selena Martin, Shermona Long, and Sparkle Clark to have a good time, of course, but to also do some bonding, confront some truths, and do some healing.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Data primarily comes from hospital surveys focusing on patient safety, infection prevention, and adequacy of the nurse staffing.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 7 Oct. 2025
  • While framed as satire, the content references child exploitation, raising questions about the adequacy of Sora 2’s safeguards.
    Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The result is a skillet of melty goodness that’s packed with flavor.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Thank goodness that remains true today.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • However, political observers and those on the right know that Kirk, as founder of Turning Point USA, was at heart an activist who transformed conservative youth politics through his robust organizing network and, in the process, changed the social acceptability of Trumpism among America's youth.
    Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • From my perspective, the real measure of acceptability isn't whether AI assisted in the process, but whether the final output demonstrates sound reasoning, originality and accuracy.
    Morey Haber, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025

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“Correctness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correctness. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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