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right

[rahyt] / raɪt /




ADJECTIVE
conservative politically
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
WEAK


ADJECTIVE
opposite of left
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK










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When White's comments were put to Farrell, the Ireland boss said: "We were just saying in the changing rooms that we learned some good lessons and use them in the right manner for next week."

From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2026

“We disabled both of those right away and were able to stabilize our network,” said Guy, the FAA’s technology chief.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

“I am seriously hopeful and maybe naive about this, that the administration just hears that there is widespread opposition on the political left and the political right and decides to withdraw the regulation,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

“The initial swell is on the downtrend right now, but we are expecting to get a couple more northwesterly swells this week because the Pacific is so active right now,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026

I guess she could see the worry on my face, because she leaned in and whispered, “It’s all right, child. You ain’t done nothing wrong.”

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Civet, taken from the glands of African civet and other cats in the species, was traditionally used to give perfume a musky tone but has been phased out in the face of animal rights protests.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

Miller and Cunningham later traded lawsuits other over rights and compensation issues related to the movie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Deputy Feltham's amendments to add actions to the policy about household affordability and employment rights were rejected and members also voted not to include reference to rental stress.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

But the American Civil Liberties Union and other immigration rights advocates said the right of individuals to seek asylum was recognized in U.S. law and could not be abolished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

I Robert James Fischer do hereby irrevocably and permanently renounce my U.S. citizenship and all the supposed rights and privileges of United States citizenship.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

The time has never been righter, it seems to me.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2022

Cat burglar, con artist, master of disguise, Lupin is also a brilliant detective and righter of wrongs.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2021

“As a solver of mysteries and a righter of historical wrongs, I live for this stuff,” Zax said.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2019

Had Documenta 14 been lighter, brighter and righter, not to mention a box-office hit, would its budgetary overdraw have been grounds for disgrace?

From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2017

"Nothing's wrong. Everything's right. Things couldn't be righter. Things could be less tired. They could be less busy. They could be less caffeinated. But they couldn't be righter."

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan

"I don't fancy her chances much either way," said everyone else, and they were probably the rightest of all.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2010

It's got pictorial dazzle and an uncommon generosity of spirit, and it ends with the sweetest, rightest shot of the movie year.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ali meanwhile had managed the rightest kind of job as an assistant to Fashion Photographer Melvin Sokolsky.

From Time Magazine Archive

It’s the properest, and rightest, and most convenient, and it’s the name he must have,” he added firmly.

From True Blue by William Henry Giles Kingston

Oh! at least it is a comfort that Alick was really the kindest and rightest!

From Clever Woman of the Family by Charlotte Mary Yonge

That odd gap between single-stock and benchmark volatility finally righted itself during a recent broad-based selloff, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

McNamara’s quantitative cost-benefit-analysis approach to business had righted Ford’s postwar problems but proved disastrous when he tried to apply it to the Vietnam War.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 10, 2026

Yamamoto righted himself by retiring the next 11 batters he faced, but the Dodgers lost for the third time in four games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

That might have caused some rinks to unravel but this Scottish quartet are the world's best, and soon righted themselves.

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

Volkheimer gazes at him and then his aides as though assuring worried children that some injustice will be righted.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Saudi Arabia has a good track record of righting its output fast.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Nike says it is focused on righting the ship, including by introducing new Chinese-designed products and pushing the brand in a more premium direction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026

The former president didn’t pretend that righting the ship would be easy.

From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025

Chief Executive of Carers UK Helen Walker said the government were "righting a clear wrong" and "addressing this injustice head on".

From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2025

“That’s what we should do, Hazel Grace: We should team up and be this disabled vigilante duo roaring through the world, righting wrongs, defending the weak, protecting the endangered.”

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green


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