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How to pronounce corrections in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms department of corrections
Type of department of local government, local department


for a career in corrections turn to the web site of the New Jersey Department of Corrections.
Type Words
Type of social control

Examples of corrections

corrections
Vail said today the corrections department has no plans for the prison facility.
From the thenewstribune.com
Whole swaths of the corrections system, such as parole, remain to be negotiated.
From the sacbee.com
There are a number of ways of right-sizing a reorganized corrections department.
From the sacbee.com
The state corrections department says McCallum has been incarcerated since 1999.
From the freep.com
The vacancy rate for the corrections officers was just under 9 percent, he said.
From the inrich.com
During questioning, corrections officials said he admitted to kidnapping Dugard.
From the stltoday.com
Fecarotta ordered the defendant incarcerated in a juvenile corrections facility.
From the dailyherald.com
A corrections officer talked to each man before bringing him into the courtroom.
From the thenewstribune.com
Corrections officials entered into the settlement with Dugard, the station said.
From the cnn.com
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  • The act of offering an improvement to replace a mistake; setting right
  • A quantity that is added or subtracted in order to increase the accuracy of a scientific measure
  • Something substituted for an error
  • A rebuke for making a mistake
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  • Discipline: the act of punishing; "the offenders deserved the harsh discipline they received"
  • A correction in a newspaper is usually the posting of the notice of a typographical error or mistake that appeared in a past issue of a newspaper. Usually, a correction notice appears in its own column.
  • Correction is a novel by Thomas Bernhard, originally published in German in 1975, and first published in English translation in 1979 by Alfred A. Knopf. It is a remarkable work, formally innovative and richly demanding in content.
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