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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
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
Its colonial legacy in the territory is chequered but Denmark has sought to make amends for past wrongs in recent years, having granted the local population autonomy with the Self-Government Act in 2008.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026
Righting a couple of wrongs that everybody was talking about.
—D. Orlando Ledbetter, AJC.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Was this award created, to some degree, to right Emmy wrongs?
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
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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
Its colonial legacy in the territory is chequered but Denmark has sought to make amends for past wrongs in recent years, having granted the local population autonomy with the Self-Government Act in 2008.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Jan. 2026
Righting a couple of wrongs that everybody was talking about.
—D. Orlando Ledbetter, AJC.com, 8 Jan. 2026
Was this award created, to some degree, to right Emmy wrongs?
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrongs
Noun
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As usual, the list of evils leads off with a medical procedure that is never directly condemned in the Bible — and is arguably even sanctioned in Jewish texts when a pregnancy threatens a woman’s health.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2026
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Voters in primary elections may nominate extremists to run in the general election, leaving independents no choice but to vote for the lesser of two evils or to abstain from voting for either.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Food apartheid refers to systemic injustices that restrict access to affordable and nutritious food, specifically for low-income residents and racial minorities.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
10 Feb. 2026
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The show nodded to Puerto Rican injustices and highlighted some hip thrusts.—
Shane O’Neill,
Washington Post,
9 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Davis commits his robberies along the 101 freeway, and never harms anyone.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2026
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Agricultural tariffs have repeatedly triggered retaliation that harms American farmers more than foreign competitors.—
Carol L. Harris,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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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
Verb
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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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Most of the revelations in the files have not revealed journalistic sins, but have highlighted uncomfortably close relationships with New York media figures and a man who had been convicted of soliciting a minor.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Yasmin, meanwhile, is still haunted by the sins of her father—a figure reminiscent of Robert Maxwell—yet seemingly doomed to enable the same kinds of offenses.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 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 16 Feb. 2026.
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