corrects

present tense third-person singular of correct
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as in offsets
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective hopefully the young entrepreneur's professionalism will serve to correct his partner's extreme enthusiasm in the eyes of investors

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Recent Examples of corrects Since 2013, Romana has specialized in advanced restorative and cosmetic dentistry that corrects or restores or enhances smiles. Shawn Price, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025 Which is why receiving feedback, especially the kind that calls us out or corrects us, can be so difficult. Susanne Biro, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025 Continue reading … TRUTH COMES OUT – MSNBC corrects contractor's false claim that Israeli forces killed Gaza boy during aid distribution. FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025 When faced with a significant initial error of 50%, the new method corrects itself within just 5 seconds, while conventional approaches require over 100 seconds—a 20-fold improvement in recovery speed, according to researchers. Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2025 But now researchers from the Biorobotics Laboratory at Seoul National University (SNU) have designed an exosuit that corrects body posture. Payal Dhar, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corrects
Verb
  • Along with passing the map, the Utah legislature passed a bill on redistricting standards that amends Proposition 4, the law that came into play when Utah courts ruled the map needed to be redistricted.
    Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Founder Sam Bertram, who started the business with his brother, said the company offsets that environmental impact by purchasing clean energy for its facility.
    Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • One big reason why is that owner Matt Haney decided a few years ago to return Allman’s to its wood-cooking roots, scuttling the restaurant’s gas assist cookers and replacing them with two wood-burning Lang offsets.
    Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • When everything looks the same, feels the same and disappears the same, the market punishes those who chase only visibility.
    Sudhir Gupta, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
  • This regressive move punishes our own workers and residents to try to plug budget holes.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His studio team appreciates how subtle soft pink/white crystal lighting neutralizes the green of the glass.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The acid also neutralizes the baking soda and helps to eliminate its metallic flavor.
    Stacey Lastoe, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The red counteracts the green, and the acidity helps neutralize the reaction.
    Maureen Choi, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2025
  • In combination, these strategies offer a blueprint for daily living that counteracts some of the evolutionary mismatches of modern life.
    William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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