1
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
Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
So did two wrongs make a right?
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Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
So that's an exceptionalism that in quite severe terms suggests sacrifice to right wrongs.
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Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
Which just goes to show three wrongs don’t make a right.
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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.
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Britt Hayes,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 May 2026
Which just goes to show three wrongs don’t make a right.
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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.
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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.
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Dan Eaton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2026
Noun
Artist Included argues that the same technology can be pointed backward, to right an industry’s old wrongs and return ownership and income to artists never built into the deal.
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Jeff Benjamin,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
So did two wrongs make a right?
—
Sean McIndoe,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongs
Noun
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So please get ready for a choice of evils.
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The island village is beset by sea hags, serial killers, creepy clowns and other evils that interfere with Tom’s dream of turning Widow’s Bay into a Martha’s Vineyard-like tourist destination.
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The focus of academics swung to class, race, and gender, to giving voice to the voiceless and documenting injustices.
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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).
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Research has shown repeatedly that separating children from their parents harms their health and development.
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Antitrust enforcement remains an important tool to address circumstances where market concentration harms consumers and commerce.
Noun
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In addition to public goods, AI will also create public bads.
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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?
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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.
Noun
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Do not allow the sins of the past to overwhelm, to drown the present.
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That relationship was based on sinners confessing their sins to this vicar.
Verb
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Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley after Jade Cargill torments Ripley.
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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.
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The retrospection tortures her.
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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.
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“Wrongs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongs. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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