rectify
Example Sentences
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His ideas of trying to rectify the distortions in the transport market make sense to me, too.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
Last year, he proposed to rectify this injustice via the Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2025.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026
Though some of those practices still exist in some form, emerging public consciousness and civil rights activists have put increasing pressure on policymakers to take steps to rectify this.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 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
“Well, we will have to rectify that, I am sure,” said Betty Allen.
From "Louisiana's Way Home" by Kate DiCamillo
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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