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rectify

[rek-tuh-fahy] / ˈrɛk təˌfaɪ /


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Sanofi offered to rectify the potential effects of past messages on a rival flu shot made by CSL and refrain from casting doubt on its performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Koror's state government has asked for a bigger fund to rectify any potential damage and independent environmental monitoring, according to filings seen by AFP.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 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

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 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

The NHS stopped publishing data in January 2023 due to an inaccuracy that was discovered and this has not since been rectified.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 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

“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

Everything that had, in some way or another, led him to some nothing town where, as it seemed, things could come back from the dead, mistakes could be rectified, lives could be started over.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

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

The government said it had started to look into the issue in 2022 but alleged that the "defendants have repeatedly decided against rectifying some of Adobe’s unlawful practices because of the revenue implications."

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2024

The captain had an opportunity, in this voyage of rectifying the great injustice which had been done to the women of Otaheite and the neighbouring isles.

From Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods by Andrew Kippis


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