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rectify

[rek-tuh-fahy] / ˈrɛk təˌfaɪ /


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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

Phair felt she was atomized from the female coalitions of the ’90s, and that this co-bill might be a way to rectify that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 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

The authorities rued the fact that they had allowed us study privileges, and Badenhorst was determined to rectify that mistake.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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

This month, Flatiron Books rectifies that with a paperback re-release.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2022

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

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

Consort was handed a list of infrastructure issues that needed rectified by NHS Lothian in 2022.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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

It would take some time before it could be rectified.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

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 pact with China is about rectifying a tariff dispute regarding Canadian agricultural and food products, and China-made electric vehicles, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026

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

Levein has brought in extra strikers in the hope of rectifying a glaring weakness they must overcome - or else.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2024

It has no bearing on the cause of the retardation, nor upon its particular nature, nor upon the means of rectifying it.

From Mentally Defective Children by Alfred Binet


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