How to Use rectify in a Sentence

rectify

verb
  • The hotel management promised to rectify the problem.
  • The Democrats now have a chance to rectify that mistake.
    — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 13 Feb. 2018
  • All of the trustees blamed Cedar Fair and have demanded that the firm does something to rectify the loss of the trees.
    — Kaylee Remington, cleveland.com, 23 Sep. 2017
  • And just one week left to rectify the poor play that’s been on display to end the season.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025
  • With that, many felt the Hall of Fame was the right next step to rectify Rose’s absence from the game since the early 1990s.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2025
  • Let’s hope that’s been rectified as Ubisoft preps a sequel, The Crew 2.
    — Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 12 June 2017
  • But the team didn't get enough value from the Doncic deal, and this could be a way to help rectify that.
    — Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
  • The state adoption of the new policy aims to rectify that.
    — Adria Watson, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Oct. 2022
  • In the last decade, though, Alsace has gone a long way to rectify these issues.
    — New York Times, 24 June 2022
  • If there was no chance for a shot with the Tigers, maybe the Orioles can rectify that and give him a return to the bigs at age 32.
    — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 13 Nov. 2019
  • There has been a push to rectify the Earth-science gap.
    — Kendra Pierre-Louis, The Atlantic, 4 May 2022
  • There are 90 minutes, at least, left in which to rectify things.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2018
  • For a couple of them, the HFPA might have a chance to rectify that this weekend.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Friday is now his chance to rectify his play at this event.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 17 June 2021
  • The new season, streaming Friday, aims to rectify that from the get-go.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 15 May 2018
  • The bill passed this week would rectify some of those shortcomings.
    — Kim Christensen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Nonetheless, the Colts have now taken down the video and will now look to rectify the mistake.
    — Matt Levine, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
  • For example, the bill gives the owner of a short-term rental 15 days to rectify a problem.
    — Alyssa Johnson, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Chryst and his staff will have to rectify that if Wisconsin wants to compete in the Big Ten West.
    — Terry Towery, chicagotribune.com, 10 Oct. 2021
  • The good news is that the Fed can rectify this issue speedily.
    — Kaleb Nygaard, Fortune, 16 June 2021
  • This staff worked overtime this spring to rectify that.
    — Tom Noie, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Jawed and Habchi set out to rectify that gap in the literature.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Notre Dame doesn’t have much time to rectify these mistakes.
    — Laken Litman, Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2017
  • That imbalance has not been rectified in the 14 years since.
    — Alyssa Rosenberg, chicagotribune.com, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Can any one of the millions of streaming services out there rectify this for us soon?
    — Manuel Betancourt, Vulture, 30 May 2021
  • The board is scheduled to meet Monday at 9 a.m. to determine how to rectify the gap.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 22 Nov. 2021
  • There doesn’t appear to be an easy way to rectify such mistakes.
    — oregonlive, 23 Oct. 2020
  • His mother planned to speak with him and rectify the problem.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 5 June 2020
  • Along with extra style points, the new design rectifies one of the XM5's biggest detractions with a new hinge point along the arms that once again makes Sony's best wireless headphones foldable for travel.
    — Ryan Waniata, Wired News, 10 June 2025
  • The budget reconciliation package moving through the Senate is a critical step towards rectifying the current mess.
    — Jackson Shedelbower, Oc Register, 17 June 2025

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