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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
Other corrections experts have cited deficiencies in San Diego County jail practices that lead to injuries, deaths and lawsuits.
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Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025
The defense, with its framing, wanted to awaken any latent unease that a juror—an older one, perhaps—might feel toward the preceding years of correction between the sexes.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 July 2025
Most perforations heal spontaneously, but if the hole persists or is caused by severe trauma, surgical correction may be required to restore hearing.9
Sensorial hearing loss occurs from damage to inner ear structures, including the nerve that connects the inner ear to the brain.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 3 July 2025
The National Weather Service issued a correction Monday stating that only 6.4 inches of snow fell Sunday at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2025
The defense, with its framing, wanted to awaken any latent unease that a juror—an older one, perhaps—might feel toward the preceding years of correction between the sexes.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 July 2025
Most perforations heal spontaneously, but if the hole persists or is caused by severe trauma, surgical correction may be required to restore hearing.9
Sensorial hearing loss occurs from damage to inner ear structures, including the nerve that connects the inner ear to the brain.
—Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 3 July 2025
The National Weather Service issued a correction Monday stating that only 6.4 inches of snow fell Sunday at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for correction
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The state’s General Assembly would have to pass that amendment before a vote.—
Sam McDowell
Updated July 14,
Kansas City Star,
14 July 2025
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The plaintiffs want a declaratory judgment that the 2020 comprehensive plan amendment approval and rezoning be voided by the court, according to the lawsuit.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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Mackenzie sued, arguing that under the Constitution, her American birth gave her citizenship as a right, not a privilege, to be removed only as punishment for a crime or through voluntary expatriation.—
Marcia Biederman,
Hartford Courant,
13 July 2025
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In April, the U.S. government revoked all South Sudanese visas as punishment for the country after its government refused to accept a deportee who was in fact from the Democratic Republic of Congo.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
11 July 2025
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The law allows for inspections and gives the department power to revoke licenses and impose penalties on breeders.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
8 July 2025
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This transition helped the company avoid a potential IRS audit, preventing costly penalties and giving them peace of mind.—
Loran Armstrong,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Arriving in 2014 – after earning the wrath of the Egyptian government for covering the Arab Spring as a freelance journalist – one of Greater Cincinnati’s newest immigration detainees has lived in Oregon, Chicago and Cincinnati.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
The Enquirer,
11 July 2025
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Democrats weren’t the only ones to feel the wrath of Minaj on Tuesday.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
9 July 2025
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“Correction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/correction. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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