as in to amend
to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from
let me get the store manager, and he'll rectify the invoice for your order
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Recent Examples of rectify
The score rectified Fletcher’s fumble that occurred on the drive prior.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 1 Jan. 2026
Patients were forced to wear thick glasses to rectify the extreme long sightedness they were often left with.
—Pasquale Hinrichs, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
France has been at the forefront of the movement to stem the flow of cheap and illicit goods into the EU, with French President Emmanuel Macron going as far as to threaten China with tariffs to rectify the growing trade imbalance between Europe and the sourcing superpower.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 13 Dec. 2025
That has been rectified, too, as a result of the settlement, according to Kessler.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 11 Dec. 2025
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The agency’s authority to investigate stems from Senate Bill 553, which was amended to broaden the scope of employers, including law enforcement agencies, to maintain workplace violence prevention plans.—
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Lucas offered to amend the ordinance, removing the requirement for detention facilities, as well as for other facilities or buildings paid for with public safety sales tax money.—
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This story has been updated to correct the number of missiles Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia fired Thursday night.—
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In its October earnings conference call, Puma CEO Arthur Hoeld ticked off a list of things Puma needs to correct.—
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The state’s latest energy plan fails to recognize and remedy this and portends a bleak, costly energy future, not to mention more pollution and higher health care costs.—
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Instead, Bevza felt a pressing need to remedy the barrenness of the Ukrainian fashion scene at the time.—
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“Rectify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rectify. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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