rectifying

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Rectifying the erasure of Black queer civil rights giants requires a full-throated acknowledgment of their legacies, and an increase of Black LGBTQ+ representation in advocacy and politics, several activists and lawmakers told The Associated Press.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2023

Rectifying that was the aim of “Utopian Listening,” a fruitful conference held from Wednesday to Saturday at the Granoff Music Center at Tufts University here, with cosponsorship from Harvard.

From New York Times • Mar. 28, 2016

Rectifying their porous defense did not include a personnel adjustment or major schematic modifications.

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2015

Rectifying this misapprehension may seem like a pedantic concern, but it is not.

From Forbes • Feb. 16, 2015

Furthermore, we are all possessed by the spirit of Oho-maga-tsu-hi-no- Kami, the 'Wondrous Deity of Exceeding Great Evils'; also by the spirit of Oho-naho-bi-no-Kami, the 'Wondrous Great Rectifying Deity,' a counteracting influence.

From Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series by Hearn, Lafcadio