righted

Definition of rightednext
past tense of right

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for righted
Verb
  • Common calls came for gaps to be bridged, capacity to be built, benefits to be shared, stakeholders to be consulted, and inequalities to be redressed.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 26 Sep. 2025
  • But those sets needed to be redressed for all the other installments to represent the post-crash Maginot, plus there are lots of guest actors playing the crew, plus there are multiple action sequences.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Knights improved to 2-0 in their pool games and earned the right to move on to the next round.
    Dan Rios, Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Pitchbook’s Zabelin said the company is valued at more than $10 billion, adding that Mercor and its competitors’ high values show investors think services like human feedback and expert testing of AI models are becoming a permanent and essential part of how AI systems are built and improved.
    Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Of course, with so many personnel across the agency already gone, some damage can’t be undone, but it will be greatly ameliorated.
    Mike Hirschberg, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The first of those playoff teams was fortunate that the season was shortened to 60 games, as its starting pitching was ankle-deep shallow.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Its name was later shortened to Teddy Award, but the statuette remains shaped like a teddy bear.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Their total of eight away victories in the Premier League was only bettered by Arsenal, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Meanwhile, majorities said the Republican president has definitely or probably not improved the functioning of government (59%) or bettered the nation’s standing on the world stage (60%).
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some violations were corrected during the inspection.
    Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The report was riddled with fake citations that appeared to be hallucinated by AI, which the White House attributed to formatting errors; HHS then corrected the report by removing the false citations and swapping in new references.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026
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“Righted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/righted. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.

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