rectify
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The vessel is then forced to drop anchor at a designated spot to rectify its problems, sometimes for more than a month, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
McIlroy heads to Royal Birkdale with things to "rectify" in his game before his tilt at a second Open title.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
“There are legitimate water quality threats that we need to attack and rectify in a regulatory manner. And then there are things that are out in the left field that just distract people,” Donley said.
From Salon ● Jul. 6, 2026
Incomes have fallen behind inflation recently, but lower oil prices should soon rectify the problem.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
The messages he had received referred to articles or news items which for one reason or another it was thought necessary to alter, or, as the official phrase had it, to rectify.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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This new project, located in the Badlands as a nod to Roosevelt’s embrace of the American landscape and environmental stewardship, rectifies the situation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
“As as of today, he has flown back to Chicago, I think, just until the situation rectifies itself.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
Her casting and Williams' also rectifies the overwhelming whiteness of the original cast by adding two dynamic figures providing other missions to chase than past glory.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2023
The bill also rectifies conflicting circuit court decisions by clarifying that an attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense involving physical force meets the legal definition of a crime of violence.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
Wilkerson not only rectifies the world’s ignorance about the Great Migration, but with twelve hundred interviews and crystalline prose she makes us understand it in its full human reality.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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The only thing Lenny Kaye somehow hadn’t done was release a solo record, which he rectified in July of 2026 with the release of “Goin’ Local,” out on Yep Roc on July 17.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2026
That situation will be rectified in a matter of weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Wrong decisions around EVs have been rectified, new top-end products with combustion and hybrid powertrains are lined up, and management is focusing on product quality, UBS’s Patrick Hummel writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Our long national nightmare is over: Paramount+ has gone more than a month without a Taylor Sheridan show, but that situation will be rectified in March with not one, but two, new Sheridan-produced shows.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 27, 2026
Statistics were just as much a fantasy in their original version as in their rectified version.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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Marco Odermatt is the self-proclaimed leader of the Swiss men's team, but Olympic gold in Bormio has so far eluded the all-rounder, who has set his sights on rectifying that in Saturday's giant slalom.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
“The Traitors Circle” is aimed at rectifying that situation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025
He said he didn’t intend to shortchange workers and was working on rectifying the issue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2024
Should this be cause for cynicism for people who care about, like, rectifying the injustices that the stains of slavery and racism have left on American society?
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2024
The rectifying conductors are in many cases crystals, hence these detectors are called "Crystal Detectors."
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