as in correctable
capable of being corrected
there are corrigible lapses in the author's grammar, but nothing that a good editor cannot readily fix
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Adjective
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And perhaps not a correctable one.—
Josh Yohe,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 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
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,
The Christian Science Monitor,
7 Jan. 2025
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“Corrigible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corrigible. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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