Example Sentences

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Having begun 114 runs in arrears, Australian Phillip Hughes' second hundred in the County Championship this season has redressed the balance of power.

From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2012

Many legal scholars, while conceding that the court has redressed some longstanding abuses, are concerned about the enormous problems of readjustment it has posed for police and prosecutors.

From Time Magazine Archive

But time, and even short time, has redressed the balance between the two prelates.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson

Then with the quiet dignity of one who has redressed a grievous wrong, surrendered himself unto the law this worthy old man.

From The Fiend's Delight by Bierce, Ambrose