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as in evils
that which is morally unacceptable
any reasonable person should be expected to know the difference between right and wrong
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as in injustices
unfair or inadequate treatment of someone or something or an instance of this
trying to right all the wrongs in the world
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Recent Examples of wrongs
Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 June 2026
Which just goes to show three wrongs don’t make a right.
—Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
Another one-and-done series, The CW's Good Cop/Bad Cop was a comedic procedural starring Luke Cook and network vet Leighton Meester as sibling detectives trying to right the wrongs of their crooked-cop father, played by Clancy Brown.
—Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
Which just goes to show three wrongs don’t make a right.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Chris Young's journey to his college commencement could be a college course on resilience, redemption, righting his wrongs and the wrongs righted for him.
—Steve Pickett, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Employers are liable for legal wrongs their employees commit within the scope of their employment under a doctrine called respondeat superior.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
Her fable depicts twin sisters on a revenge road trip, setting out to right the wrongs of their early childhood at the behest of their estranged mother, finding some catharsis along the way.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 15 May 2026
As a result of the courage and determination of Tribune journalists, our public and government were given the opportunity to address wrongs.
—Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
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So that's an exceptionalism that in quite severe terms suggests sacrifice to right wrongs.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 1 June 2026
Which just goes to show three wrongs don’t make a right.
—Mark Barabak, Mercury News, 28 May 2026
Another one-and-done series, The CW's Good Cop/Bad Cop was a comedic procedural starring Luke Cook and network vet Leighton Meester as sibling detectives trying to right the wrongs of their crooked-cop father, played by Clancy Brown.
—Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
Which just goes to show three wrongs don’t make a right.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
Chris Young's journey to his college commencement could be a college course on resilience, redemption, righting his wrongs and the wrongs righted for him.
—Steve Pickett, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Employers are liable for legal wrongs their employees commit within the scope of their employment under a doctrine called respondeat superior.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
Her fable depicts twin sisters on a revenge road trip, setting out to right the wrongs of their early childhood at the behest of their estranged mother, finding some catharsis along the way.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 15 May 2026
As a result of the courage and determination of Tribune journalists, our public and government were given the opportunity to address wrongs.
—Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongs
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All the while, Russian state TV continued to air the Kremlin’s talking points about the valor of its troops, the evils of Ukraine and its Western allies, and the approaching victory of Russia.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
6 June 2026
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By the way, Orange County Republicans clearly don’t buy the evils-of-voting-by-mail thing.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
3 June 2026
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Not all true crime is created equally or ethically, but HBO Max's catalogue offers documentaries that center the victim and their families (The Sentence, 2020) and bring education and awareness to systemic issues like injustices within Alabama's prison system (The Alabama Solution, 2025).—
James Mercadante,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
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His performance balances youthful idealism, simmering rage and heartbreaking vulnerability, particularly as the character becomes increasingly consumed by the injustices unfolding around him.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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Boy Throb is some sort of plant directly harms their mission to prove their legitimacy to the government, Sobania said.—
Max Bacall , Tessa Hoyos , Nikos DeGruccio,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
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The attorney general also operates as the state's first line of defense against the federal government when a decision harms California and its interests.—
Noe Padilla,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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Naturally, the meeting is a flop because no one was prepared, and their spontaneous ideas are frankly fireable-offense bad (a baguette bag shaped like a baguette for Paris?—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
18 Dec. 2025
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In times when the city's bad seems to overshadow the good, Daniels and others like him can be a guidepost for generations to come.—
Sophia Tiedge,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Although South Africa’s devastatingly high crime rate victimizes all the country’s inhabitants, white South Africans are overall less likely than Black citizens to be crime’s victims.—
Eve Fairbanks,
The Dial,
27 Jan. 2026
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These days, most red-letter sins in NCAA sports come in gray, and more often invisible ink.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
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The length exacerbates all the rest of the series' sins, including a lack of emotional depth, gratuitous suffering and violence, long stretches of boring, listless plotting and extraneous characters.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 June 2026
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Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley after Jade Cargill torments Ripley.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
9 May 2026
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Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Phil, a spiteful rancher who torments his brother's (Jesse Plemons) new wife (Kirsten Dunst) and her sensitive teenage son, Peter (Kodi Smit-McPhee), against the backdrop of 1920s Montana.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The retrospection tortures her.—
Alexandra Rockey Fleming,
PEOPLE,
14 Jan. 2026
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Later, in one of the movie's most satisfying scenes, Millie locks Andrew in the attic and tortures him by loudly smashing each plate.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Wrongs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongs. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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