righted

Definition of rightednext
past tense of right

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for righted
Verb
  • The wounds and humiliations of private life can rarely be redressed by law; literature offers a parallel tribunal in which those hurts are litigated and, if possible, imaginatively overcome.
    Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Communities endured the triple indignity of working on the statues and being both redressed and oppressed by those statues.
    Horace D. Ballard, Artforum, 22 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Past research has shown that breast cancer patients who lose weight through treatment or surgery have improved heart health and longevity.
    Ken Alltucker, USA Today, 2 June 2026
  • All the same, the team improved dramatically right away, posting its first winning season in the Sacramento era and losing a thrilling first-round playoff series to the Utah Jazz.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 2 June 2026
Verb
  • And can the extreme technical divergences and multiple overbought conditions be ameliorated without much pain, as suggested by Monday's benign rotational action in the face of a stiff drop in semis and other momentum stocks?
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 19 May 2026
  • Since then the institutions of American aging have reproduced rather than ameliorated the inequalities and injustices of the wider American economy.
    Trevor Jackson, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Brazil was set to join other Latin American countries that have shortened working hours as the lower house approved a constitutional amendment Wednesday establishing a 40-hour, five-day workweek.
    Mauricio Savarese, Fortune, 28 May 2026
  • Their work both shortened the war and hastened the birth of modern computing.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
Verb
  • Arsenal’s 79 final-third regains are only bettered by PSG and Bayern this season in the Champions League, and a quarter of them have led to shots.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 31 May 2026
  • The Flames have bettered their conference finish every season since joining in 2023, winning both the regular-season and tournament titles this year.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • While a yellow placard signals two or more major violations, these are typically corrected or mitigated during the inspection, according to the Sacramento County Retail Food Inspection Guide.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado May 29, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
  • The company has corrected the processes and implemented the new instructions as directed by the FDA to ensure safety for future production.
    Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 29 May 2026
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“Righted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/righted. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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