rectify

Example Sentences

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Last year, he proposed to rectify this injustice via the Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2025.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Though some of those practices still exist in some form, emerging public consciousness and civil rights activists have put increasing pressure on policymakers to take steps to rectify this.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026

Wiener said his bill would rectify those impediments.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

Motin said he was told not to be "afraid" if it happened on the Solong and he could rectify the problem by restarting the steering gear, stopping the pump and starting it again.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

In this case they took decades to rectify.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann