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The survey of over 100 investors -- more than half of whom specialize in health care -- found there’s a 43% probability that Moderna’s vaccine would be sufficient to set the U.S. economy aright, analyst Joshua Schimmer wrote in a note.—Cristin Flanagan, Bloomberg.com, 29 May 2020 Stafford took manual control and set things aright.—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 18 July 2019 Only a fundamental transformation of our nation would set things aright.—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 10 Aug. 2019
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English ariht, from a- entry 1 + riht right
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of aright was
before the 12th century
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