redress

A Swedish truth commission on Wednesday urged the state to apologise for injustices committed against its indigenous Sami people, including assimilation programmes, and provide compensation and redress.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

"A person has no legal redress if they are filmed in the street, on a bus, in a classroom," she said.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

An individual emotional response to a government policy or action isn’t an injury courts can redress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Dozens more who worked at his luxury department store have filed for compensation under a redress scheme set up after a 2024 BBC documentary revealed the scale of his alleged offences.

From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026

I clean it thoroughly, and painfully, with alcohol swabs, careful not to touch anything that might infect me, then redress the wound.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

“Across the Ages,” the first truly comprehensive Celtic art survey in the U.S., redresses that long-standing prejudice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

The scene of her happily gabbing away in her car with a bedraggled but game hippie hitchhiker she’s picked up before the two women share an affectionate goodbye hug redresses the balance considerably.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2019

The first episode ends with a shot of a “Make America Gay Again” hat, which Grace has left on a chair in the Oval Office, as if that sufficiently redresses her self-absorption.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2017

The new set redresses some of the complaints about the original.

From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2013

Finally I said: "Have you any means by which you could compel the ducal house to make adequate acknowledgments and redresses to you?"

From The Secrets of the German War Office by Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves

While this puts constraints on the ability of states to regulate corporations, power imbalances between business and society can be redressed when people withdraw the support on which corporate entities depend.

From Salon ● Sep. 29, 2024

Rogue Machine has taken strides to diversify its programming, but a persistent gender gap in playwriting signals a problem that will have to be redressed by Cienfuegos and his team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2024

In 2005, the historical situation was redressed, when South Korea paid direct compensation to tens of thousands of wartime laborers.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2023

Third, their injury would not be redressed by a court ruling in their favor.

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2022

Westley asked question after question while the albino tended and redressed his wound, then fed him food that was warm and surprisingly good and plentiful.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

Those from the Renaissance to the 19th century have been brought into the canon, redressing centuries of neglect, while once well-known female artists of the past whose reputations faded are again highly visible.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026

“There is a trend towards redressing wrongs, telling untold stories, exposing truths, revealing hypocrisies,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

“The question is, how can we use contracting to make an even greater impact on redressing harms and discrimination, and opening doors to opportunity?”

From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023

Record numbers of Americans have quit their jobs altogether, while others are redressing their work-life balance by “quiet quitting.”

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023

She points to her wound, which is oozy, and clearly needs redressing.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman