rectified

past tense of rectify

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Recent Examples of rectified 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 But there are easily preventable plays from the past five weeks that have hindered the Packers from hitting their offensive peak, and that must be rectified before games become win-or-go-home. Matt Schneidman, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024 The glaring omission was subsequently rectified, but according to Fortune's sources, Walmart is yet to purchase a single vehicle from Canoo. New Atlas, 23 Dec. 2024 Another miss that was rectified already was the consolidation of the company’s apparel, footwear and accessories teams within its 14 product categories. Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 12 Dec. 2024 Pretrial services eventually noticed and rectified the issue. Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 5 Dec. 2024 Instead, the Dodgers will begin the game with Yamamoto, confident the pitch-tipping issues that possibly plagued him in Game 1 have been rectified. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024 These types of growing pains are to be expected yet no comparable order sheet for dispensers between 2017 and 2024 was shared, so how was the problem rectified? Suzanne Herman, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rectified
Verb
  • Soil quality is always an issue, but even the poorest soils can be amended with organic material to support garden growth.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The bill, though amended, still takes $1 billion away from local governments.
    Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 1 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The network soon corrected that reporting to indicate that the suspect had not come across the border.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
  • While a yellow placard signals two or more major violations, these are typically corrected or mitigated during the inspection, according to the Sacramento County Food Inspection Guide.
    Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025

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“Rectified.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectified. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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