rectify
Example Sentences
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Incomes have fallen behind inflation recently, but lower oil prices should soon rectify the problem.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
Local authorities are expected to conduct spot checks on the work of their jurisdiction's production firms, which will be required to promptly rectify any issues that surface, said the media regulator.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
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
His ideas of trying to rectify the distortions in the transport market make sense to me, too.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 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
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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