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The survey of over 100 investors -- more than half of whom specialize in health care -- found there’s a 43% probability that Moderna’s vaccine would be sufficient to set the U.S. economy aright, analyst Joshua Schimmer wrote in a note.—Cristin Flanagan, Bloomberg.com, 29 May 2020 Only a fundamental transformation of our nation would set things aright.—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 10 Aug. 2019 Stafford took manual control and set things aright.—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 18 July 2019
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English ariht, from a- entry 1 + riht right
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of aright was
before the 12th century
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