righted

past tense of right

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for righted
Verb
  • You’ll be redressed and out of the security line faster than all of your travel mates.
    Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2026
  • The wounds and humiliations of private life can rarely be redressed by law; literature offers a parallel tribunal in which those hurts are litigated and, if possible, imaginatively overcome.
    Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Advances in childbirth — including prenatal care, Cesarean sections, blood transfusions, antibiotics and neonatal intensive care — also dramatically improved maternal and infant survival compared with colonial America.
    Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • The incursions showed drone defenses in Europe need to rapidly be improved, the IISS said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • According to the European Commission, the duty-free de minimis exemption was introduced in order to alleviate administrative burdens for customs authorities and businesses, but the digitalization of customs procedures has ameliorated that issue.
    Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 23 June 2026
  • The 40-foot elevation drop from the General Hospital forecourt to the commercial hub will be ameliorated by raising the low area about 20 feet.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Verb
  • On Monday, Philadelphia's Salute to Independence Semiquincentennial Parade producer Todd Marcocci said the parade's route was shortened to about 1 mile because of the heat wave.
    Tom Dougherty, CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • As Bolis explained, Malvasia’s story reaches back to Monemvasia, the fortified Greek coastal town whose name the Venetians shortened to Malvasia.
    Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
Verb
  • In 2014, Messi began with that famously outrageous winner against Bosnia, arguably bettered it against Iran a few days later, with a splendid winner in stoppage time.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • The Flames have bettered their conference finish every season since joining in 2023, winning both the regular-season and tournament titles this year.
    Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • After his own vision was corrected as a child, an encounter with a child his age in Cairo — living a starkly different life — sparked a lifelong mission to help others see.
    Ashoka, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • By the time the boundary issues were partially corrected in the 1960s, both the cemetery and the surrounding Black community had been largely erased from public memory.
    Kamal Morgan. Produced with AI assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026
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“Righted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/righted. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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