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remedy

[rem-i-dee] / ˈrɛm ɪ di /




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To remedy these ills, the court needs top-to-bottom reform.

From Slate Jul. 29, 2026

The best remedy is George Orwell’s essay “Politics and the English Language.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 26, 2026

In one bold step, the Angels admitted they had a problem and set out a path to remedy it.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

Japan Inc. is responding with a frenzy of stock splits, 60 of them in the first quarter of 2026 alone—an imperfect remedy at best.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

The remedy was to make the holiday continuous.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

A further trial is also scheduled for October this year to determine the consequences of any actionable breaches and any issues relating to damages or other remedies.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

As schools across the nation search for remedies, one of the most closely watched efforts is playing out in Tennessee.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

But he was also predisposed to remedies that would not require what he described as “a priori, the sacrifice of the energy value of oil, gas, and coal.”

From Salon Jun. 26, 2026

He cast no doubt upon race-conscious remedies that the government might take to ensure that “all citizens are equal before the law.”

From Slate Jun. 22, 2026

“When you say remedies, do you mean your solutions, your infusions, or your suspensions?”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

The resulting racing inefficiencies can be remedied with market designs that slow the pace of trading, but more accurate clocks will not solve the underlying problem.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Every single person in that room revealed that they had dense breasts, which we thought could be remedied somehow through self-massage.

From Slate Feb. 4, 2026

In its ruling, it noted initial "shortcomings" in the environmental impact assessment decision-making process, but said they were remedied within enough time not to affect that right.

From Barron's Oct. 28, 2025

Still, neither a soft spot in the schedule nor the realities of the calendar has remedied that issue.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2025

If only a network of canals existed, the lack would be remedied, the habitability of Mars would become plausible.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The resolution also emphasised that reparation claims "represent a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs against Africans and people of African descent".

From BBC Apr. 7, 2026

The iOS 26.4 update improved keyboard accuracy by remedying the ghost-letter problem, but autocorrect issues persist.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 29, 2026

It’s the easy way out — and remedying wrongs is never easy.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 24, 2026

“This has been one of the holy grails of remedying the Korean discount, and there’s at least a 50-50 chance of it passing this year,” he says.

From Barron's Dec. 31, 2025

Fizz is prone to remedying me and would invariably seek the answer to my “problem.”

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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