rectify

Example Sentences

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Last year, he proposed to rectify this injustice via the Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2025.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Few things are less edifying than a mob that has decided to rectify a great wrong in the name of justice and purity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

“Fargo” maps a decent person’s quick and steady moral decline, making sure to home in on the many opportunities Jerry has to rectify the mess he’s created.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Wiener said his bill would rectify those impediments.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

The best way to rectify the situation was to avoid a barber until I merged with the Cambridge scene.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson