rectify
verb (used with object)
to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct.
has rectified
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present perfectof rectify (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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While Nissan has rectified this in the latest generation of Leafs, earlier models show a considerable shortening of their range year by year, according to data analysed by US insurance and research firm NimbleFins.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025
The 787 Dreamliner is still plagued with production problems, and there is little sign that Boeing has rectified them.
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2019
But now the two-time major champ has rectified that glaring void with his latest business venture.
From Golf Digest ● Sep. 27, 2017
Until the agency proves that it has rectified numerous financial management deficiencies, the FTA is restricting Metro’s access to federal grants, which has added to the transit system’s money woes.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2015
Here again the noble instinct of the English poet has rectified the aesthetic unseemliness of an ignoble reality.
From The Age of Shakespeare by Algernon Charles Swinburne
