How to Use rectify in a Sentence

rectify

verb
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  • The hotel management promised to rectify the problem.
  • The Democrats now have a chance to rectify that mistake.
    — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Let’s hope that’s been rectified as Ubisoft preps a sequel, The Crew 2.
    — Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 12 June 2017
  • The state adoption of the new policy aims to rectify that.
    — Adria Watson, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2022
  • In the last decade, though, Alsace has gone a long way to rectify these issues.
    — New York Times, 24 June 2022
  • There has been a push to rectify the Earth-science gap.
    — Kendra Pierre-Louis, The Atlantic, 4 May 2022
  • There are 90 minutes, at least, left in which to rectify things.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Friday is now his chance to rectify his play at this event.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 17 June 2021
  • The new season, streaming Friday, aims to rectify that from the get-go.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 15 May 2018
  • The bill passed this week would rectify some of those shortcomings.
    — Kim Christensen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2020
  • For example, the bill gives the owner of a short-term rental 15 days to rectify a problem.
    — Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The good news is that the Fed can rectify this issue speedily.
    — Kaleb Nygaard, Fortune, 16 June 2021
  • This staff worked overtime this spring to rectify that.
    — Tom Noie, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Jawed and Habchi set out to rectify that gap in the literature.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Notre Dame doesn’t have much time to rectify these mistakes.
    — Laken Litman, Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2017
  • That imbalance has not been rectified in the 14 years since.
    — Alyssa Rosenberg, chicagotribune.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Can any one of the millions of streaming services out there rectify this for us soon?
    — Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 30 May 2021
  • There doesn’t appear to be an easy way to rectify such mistakes.
    — oregonlive, 23 Oct. 2020
  • His mother planned to speak with him and rectify the problem.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 5 June 2020
  • Armed with the insights of your analysis, make a plan to rectify your mistakes and get back out there.
    — Mark C. Perna, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
  • And what options might be available now to rectify these past wrongs?
    — Anna Altman, The New Republic, 27 May 2022
  • One of my goals in becoming a judge is to rectify the bail bond system.
    — Olivia P. Tallet, Houston Chronicle, 3 Mar. 2018
  • This can be rectified by utilizing tools that can do the heavy lifting for you.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Tauchman is trying to rectify the Wrigley Field omission in the next month.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Smith and her Wildcats teammates picked a good time to rectify what happened in the first meeting.
    — Terry Monahan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2022
  • Senate rules should be changed to rectify a mistake made 47 years ago.
    — George F. Will, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2017
  • That was a mistake, and one that President Joe Biden seems ready to rectify.
    — Joyce M. Davis, CNN, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Apple is hoping to rectify that with upgrades across the new iPhones.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2021
  • So, why is this happening and what can be done to rectify the problem?
    — Nick Sargen, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • The remainder of the first two episodes attempt to rectify this, but with less than ideal results.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2023

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