rectify

In December 2025, a Finnish a truth and reconciliation commission called on Finland to rectify injustices committed against the indigenous Sami people.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Now that that’s over with, we can rectify our reputation in the eyes of the public. They’ll love us again!”

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

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

Local authorities are expected to conduct spot checks on the work of their jurisdiction's production firms, which will be required to promptly rectify any issues that surface, said the media regulator.

From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2026

In this case they took decades to rectify.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

In “Shadow Before the Flame,” Ms. Katz rectifies that lapse with an account of the airship’s final trans-Atlantic flight and its fiery end at Lakehurst, N.J., on May 6, 1937.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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

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

And Bennet's departure provides a rare and much-needed opportunity to rethink the role of opinion within news organizations everywhere, in a way that rectifies them.

From Salon ● Jun. 11, 2020

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

While other members like Kenneth Hayes Miller, Isabel Bishop and Reginald Marsh have retained their prominence, Soyer has not, a fact being rectified by Forum Gallery’s mini-retrospective.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

In a press release issued after that investigation, Shein said that those working hours were “higher than local regulations permit” and that it was reducing orders from both factories until the issues were rectified.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 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 situation will be rectified in a matter of weeks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

The answer was again no, but Czerny soon rectified that.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

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

Most of Thomas’ paintings pile on vivid color, brash patterning and lots of sparkling rhinestones, taking an exultant step toward rectifying the omission.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2024

To grow better by rectifying something wrong in manners or morals; to improve.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster