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rectify

[rek-tuh-fahy] / ˈrɛk təˌfaɪ /


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“The Etruscans: From the Heart of Ancient Italy” at the San Francisco Legion of Honor museum aims to rectify that.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 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

And the judge concluded that no steps had been taken to "rectify matters and avoid future repetition".

From BBC Jun. 3, 2026

This last bit was something I thought I could rectify.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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 that have resulted in a higher burden to charge offenses like assaulting a police officer than Congress intended.

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

“There’s reason to be immediately suspicious of the idea that a problem like that could be rectified in one day.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

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 is something his allies are hoping can be rectified quickly.

From BBC May 12, 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

His pride had prevented him from making contact with the armed groups in the interior of the country until the leaders of the party publicly rectified their declaration that he was a bandit.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“On the one hand, I like the premium glass, iconic bottle that we have. On the other hand, we’ve cheapened it by adding a plastic cap to it. We will be rectifying that.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

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

Nevertheless, the sheer number of muscular injuries the club have suffered this season indicates an issue that requires rectifying.

From BBC May 21, 2025

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

"One thing I must observe," says an Englishman, writing from Andover, "that I think wants rectifying, and that is their pluming pride when adjoined to apparent poverty."

From Revisiting the Earth by James Langdon Hill




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