RIGHTING Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

righting

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present participle of right

as in redressing

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South Africa last year said the US had applied pressure on Pretoria to end laws aimed at redressing wealth imbalances caused by apartheid, and Washington later slapped a 30% tariff on many South African exports — the highest on the continent.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 6 Mar. 2026
In his nitpicking and narcissism, the relatability of his grievances and his unhinged methods of redressing them, Ron also resembles a younger, Middle American version of Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm antihero.

— Judy Berman, Time, 30 Oct. 2025

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Fedorov, previously Ukraine’s minister for digital transformation, had been in the job for just six months and was popular among troops for improving pay and frontline rotations.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
Intel's willingness to buy these expensive machines is a positive signal that its foundry (chip industry-speak for manufacturing) is expanding capacity and improving yields for leading-edge chips.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 15 July 2026

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Skau warned that as attention turns towards ameliorating the security crisis, resources should not be taken away from addressing the surging humanitarian needs, which include more than 5 million people who do not have enough to eat.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Taking control of the narrative is the first step to ameliorating the damage.

— David Rivera, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026

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Second in Austria marked Verstappen’s best result of the season — bettering his third in Canada.

— Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Arbitrarily limiting that possibility has nothing to do with bettering the game and everything to do with limiting what ownership spends.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026

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Engineers could move more quickly from sketches to testable 3D designs, reducing development costs, shortening design cycles, and exploring a wider range of ideas without creating large amounts of new training data.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
On Tuesday, a Paris appeals court cleared a path for the 57-year-old Le Pen to run by shortening a ban on seeking public office that had spelled possible doom for her ambitions.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026

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