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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
Ara Rosenthal, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
The arc of a wrongful-conviction story bends toward exoneration and release—a flawed but heartening correction of past wrongs.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Keeping a list of wrongs ordered a world that was new and confusing to me.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
And last year’s wrongs have not yet been righted in any tangible way.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Amid a prediction history that featured 13 wrongs in my first 16 years — how does that even happen?
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
The Knicks merely need to right their wrongs.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
And so that's also been a real part of my inspiration and drive to come back and do it again, to right a lot of those wrongs.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
Uthmeier wants to end dozens of initiatives designed to create a level playing field and remedy the wrongs of the past, Rouson added.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
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In 2020, a demand to redress historic wrongs grew following the murder of George Floyd and the national Black Lives Matter movement.
—Ara Rosenthal, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
The arc of a wrongful-conviction story bends toward exoneration and release—a flawed but heartening correction of past wrongs.
—Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Keeping a list of wrongs ordered a world that was new and confusing to me.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
And last year’s wrongs have not yet been righted in any tangible way.
—Sam Blum, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
Amid a prediction history that featured 13 wrongs in my first 16 years — how does that even happen?
—Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
The Knicks merely need to right their wrongs.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
And so that's also been a real part of my inspiration and drive to come back and do it again, to right a lot of those wrongs.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
Uthmeier wants to end dozens of initiatives designed to create a level playing field and remedy the wrongs of the past, Rouson added.
—Jeffrey Schweers, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongs
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During the Iran-Iraq War, the US actively supported Iraq as the lesser of two evils, fearing Iranian victory and hegemony in the Gulf.—
The Week UK,
TheWeek,
8 Mar. 2026
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The horror film serves as a gory allegory for the evils that persisted in the South in the Jim Crow era in the late 19th century and onward.—
Yi-Jin Yu,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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These historical injustices cannot be separated from contemporary policy messaging.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Feb. 2026
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The Black Panthers were about rebellion and pointing out the injustices that occurred daily on the streets of the Black community.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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Former residents say the loss of homes, land, and businesses erased opportunities to build generational wealth — harms a new fund is intended to acknowledge through cash payments.—
Ara Rosenthal,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
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And that harms the health, wellbeing and future of Iowa’s children.—
Marissa Payne,
Des Moines Register,
5 Mar. 2026
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While working together on The Unit, David Mamet once told you that good drama isn’t a choice between good and bad; good drama is the choice between two bads.—
Max Gao,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Jan. 2025
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Reports out of fall camp haven’t been super favorable to their offense, and while the defense will, again, be top-notch, a team with this bad of an offense cannot be trusted.—
Austin Mock,
The Athletic,
19 Aug. 2024
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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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All of these are sins that Trump would likely understand.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
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Anything to cover your Epstein sins.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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That fear that torments families.—
Morgan Phillips,
FOXNews.com,
15 Dec. 2025
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Decades before Pennywise torments the Loser's Club, members of the Maine Legion of White Decency, a white supremacist group, set fire to the Black Spot, a military speakeasy catering to Black patrons, with all of its revelers trapped inside.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Dec. 2025
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
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“Wrongs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrongs. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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