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- noun Plural form of
corrective .
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Examples
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It’s important that a certain number of new voices have the room and space to continue to push boundaries rather than simply replace the status quo with what I’d call correctives or renovations.
Reversing Damage 2010
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Rather than trying to shut these sites down or ignore them, physicians could actively participate, thereby offering correctives to any misperceptions.
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Kids with a more fearful temperament may react catastrophically to the sharp correctives their fearless siblings shrug off.
John Medina, Ph.D.: The Magic Trick For Getting Kids To Follow Rules Ph.D. John Medina 2011
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Kids with a more fearful temperament may react catastrophically to the sharp correctives their fearless siblings shrug off.
John Medina, Ph.D.: The Magic Trick For Getting Kids To Follow Rules Ph.D. John Medina 2011
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Kids with a more fearful temperament may react catastrophically to the sharp correctives their fearless siblings shrug off.
John Medina, Ph.D.: The Magic Trick For Getting Kids To Follow Rules Ph.D. John Medina 2011
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I left out a carbon tax and a value-added tax, because absent significant correctives, neither is progressive.
Daniel Marans: Five Progressive Tax Increases That Washington Won't Talk About Daniel Marans 2011
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The crimes of the secular state in the name of self-preservation must make us yearn for strong correctives to capitalist parliamentarian incarnations of democracy.
Feisal G. Mohamed: Evaluating the Post-Secular Return to Belief Feisal G. Mohamed 2011
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Rather than trying to shut these sites down or ignore them, physicians could actively participate, thereby offering correctives to any misperceptions.
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The crimes of the secular state in the name of self-preservation must make us yearn for strong correctives to capitalist parliamentarian incarnations of democracy.
Feisal G. Mohamed: Evaluating the Post-Secular Return to Belief Feisal G. Mohamed 2011
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They were useful correctives to the specific aid activities of most development assistance committee DAC members, and continue to be so.
Busan conference offers chance to tackle aid effectiveness | Jonathan Glennie 2011
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