remedial

Example Sentences

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Inventory management, cash flow and marketing are essential subjects in any business narrative, but readers looking for that story will be disappointed with observations bordering on the remedial.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Deftly styling a loud pant says you don’t need a remedial lesson in the ridiculous life here.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

These special programs that are supposed to be remedial do harm, not just good.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Eventually most vulnerable young patients were transferred to the adult hospital while the infections were investigated and remedial work took place.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026

It occurred to all of them, though, that the rumors had been frightening enough to make Mrs. Ross cancel her after-school remedial reading class—which she almost never did—and come home early.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder