rectify
verb (used with object)
to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct.
rectifies
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present tense formof rectify (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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This new project, located in the Badlands as a nod to Roosevelt’s embrace of the American landscape and environmental stewardship, rectifies the situation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 10, 2026
“As as of today, he has flown back to Chicago, I think, just until the situation rectifies itself.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2023
Her casting and Williams' also rectifies the overwhelming whiteness of the original cast by adding two dynamic figures providing other missions to chase than past glory.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2023
The bill also rectifies conflicting circuit court decisions by clarifying that an attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense involving physical force meets the legal definition of a crime of violence.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 27, 2022
Wilkerson not only rectifies the world’s ignorance about the Great Migration, but with twelve hundred interviews and crystalline prose she makes us understand it in its full human reality.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
