How to Use the Right in a Sentence
the Right
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Make the right choices for you and your loved ones, Pisces.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2023
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Here’s a closer look at where the right choice can take you.
—Chris Dong, Travel + Leisure, 31 Mar. 2023
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Finding the right routine for your curls can bring out the Goldilocks in the best of us.
—Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 22 July 2023
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With the bases loaded and two outs, Spencer Steer hit a ground ball to the right side of the infield.
—Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 12 Apr. 2023
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The oblique bothered him most when swinging from the right side.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
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The answer was a resounding yes — for the right film, that is.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
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Take a big step back with left leg, crossing it behind the right side.
—Women's Health, 13 Apr. 2023
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The primary suite measures 430 square feet and occupies much of the right side of the home.
—John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2023
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Imagine what the right will do if Trump faces two more indictments.
—Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
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Tsipursky told Knoblock that a mandate wasn’t the right way to deal with the nearly 30 percent of his workers who didn’t want to come back to the office.
—Emma Goldberg, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
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Catholic schools nationwide have faced pressure from both the right and the left to embrace policies in line with their values.
—Deanna Pan, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2023
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The Digital Crown button on the right headphone was easy to use and responsive.
—L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
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Many other restaurants are now trying to make Roman pinsa, this means that our idea was the right one.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
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Full of drama and glamour, this book is practically calling out for the right Leo to pick it up.
—USA TODAY, 22 July 2023
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Enlarge Getty Like in other parts of the world, Canada is working out what the right to repair means for its people.
—Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2023
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Advertisement Singer’s memoir with recipes strikes just the right note for this strange time of sheltering in place.
—Donna Wares, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
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Those comments place Pence firmly to the right of the rest of the 2024 presidential field and alone among GOP candidates, who largely declined to take a stance on the issue.
—Time, 12 July 2023
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Getting the right deal has always been more important to our board and to the conference than getting the expeditious one.
—oregonlive, 21 July 2023
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But sometimes, our desire to do the right thing leads to unintended consequences.
—Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023
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In its contracts with investors like Microsoft, OpenAI’s board reserves the right to shut the technology down at any time.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
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Portland was outshot 6-0, unable to produce anything of substance on the attack beyond a handful of solid runs by Juan Mosquera along the right side.
—oregonlive, 10 Apr. 2023
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New York City has tangled with Airbnb and enacted new regulations this year that affect the right to operate thousands of rentals.
—Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 12 July 2023
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Left-footed Jonna Andersson delivers in-swingers from the right side, and right-footed Kosovare Asllani does likewise from the left.
—Steven Goff, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2023
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The president, said the official, believes Franchetti is the right person for the job and moving Paparo to head Pacific Command also puts the right person in that post.
—Time, 21 July 2023
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The quietly desperate often want a quasi-dictatorial party to emerge on the right because they’ve been made to believe that this is what Democrats are.
—Rich Logis, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
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While Gibson believes that the right choice depends on the overall objectives for the design, there are certain finishes that should be nixed depending on the space usage.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Mar. 2023
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The treaty also ensured American citizens the right to enter all ports of the kingdom, the right to sue in Hawaiian courts, and the protection of Hawaiian law, which some historians note as a beginning of the end of Hawaiian sovereignty.
—Time, 17 Aug. 2023
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This pair, which has stay-put grippy rubber on the arms and comes in two sizes, projects your real-time data (heart rate, power, pace, distance, elevation, etc.) from your bike computer or smartwatch via Bluetooth to the inside of the right lens.
—Rozalynn S. Frazier, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2023
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That senators failed to do the right thing is why this country is having to continue going through this horribly divisive period.
—Keli Goff, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2023
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Some on the right blamed the massacre on the 28-year-old suspect’s gender identity, including several Franklin community members who spoke out in opposition of the Pride event.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2023
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