as in amended
to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from
let me get the store manager, and he'll rectify the invoice for your order
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Recent Examples of rectified
North Texas’ defense was at or near the bottom of the conference each of the last two years, but Morris hired former Sam Houston defensive coordinator Skyler Cassity, who seems to have rectified the issue as the Mean Green are currently third in the conference in yards allowed per game.
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Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
The audit called for those conflicting mandates to be rectified and suggested the monitor’s office could hire an outside attorney who does not work for the city.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
Obviously being costly errors but things that can be very, very easily rectified.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Parents paying is another venerable LA tradition, though one that is rectified with a chain of Venmos at a later date.
—Joe Joyce, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
The company has now rectified that with a new $200 Google Pixel 10 promotion.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The wet cloth wiping solution measuring zero parts per million on the sanitizer got rectified when staff boosted it to 100 ppm.
—David J. Neal
updated August 8, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
Ranieri rectified that and doesn’t seem to care that as long as Dybala keeps playing, his contract will be automatically renewed with a salary escalator; something De Rossi and Juric always had in the backs of their minds.
—James Horncastle, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, Mexico exports under $10 billion to China, leading to a whopping trade deficit that Sheinbaum has decided must be rectified.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
The audit called for those conflicting mandates to be rectified and suggested the monitor’s office could hire an outside attorney who does not work for the city.
—Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2025
Obviously being costly errors but things that can be very, very easily rectified.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Parents paying is another venerable LA tradition, though one that is rectified with a chain of Venmos at a later date.
—Joe Joyce, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
The company has now rectified that with a new $200 Google Pixel 10 promotion.
—Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
The wet cloth wiping solution measuring zero parts per million on the sanitizer got rectified when staff boosted it to 100 ppm.
—David J. Neal
updated August 8, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2025
Ranieri rectified that and doesn’t seem to care that as long as Dybala keeps playing, his contract will be automatically renewed with a salary escalator; something De Rossi and Juric always had in the backs of their minds.
—James Horncastle, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
Meanwhile, Mexico exports under $10 billion to China, leading to a whopping trade deficit that Sheinbaum has decided must be rectified.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rectified
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Lee Coleman, an attorney for Moore’s family, said the complaint could be amended once further details become available, and that defendants could be added.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Trump’s commentary, and some of his changes to the STB since his return to the Oval Office, have suggested that the board’s regulatory framework could be amended to make for more merger-friendly conditions.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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At first the dog was said to be a German shepherd mix confined in a closet, but this was later corrected to being an Australian kelpie mix in a crate.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Most violations were corrected during the inspection.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Rectified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectified. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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