rectify
Example Sentences
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There was a sense among students and educators that the work they were doing wasn’t just to rectify past catastrophes but to prepare for future ones.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
The April CPI was supposed to rectify the problem.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
On Friday, his lawyers filed a new appeal, asking the Supreme Court to overturn his conviction in order to "rectify a miscarriage of justice."
From Barron's • May 9, 2026
"It's something that we're working really hard in Wales to rectify," she said.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
The messages he had received referred to articles or news items which for one reason or another it was thought necessary to alter, or, as the official phrase had it, to rectify.
From "1984" by George Orwell
Vocabulary lists containing rectify
Grade 9, List 1
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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Hatchet
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