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remedy

[rem-i-dee] / ˈrɛm ɪ di /




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The council said it would also be serving enforcement and stop notices "to remedy the situation and have the land restored".

From BBC Sep. 4, 2026

It was too late to remedy the error.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2026

One possible long-term remedy might be river level gauges that relay changes to authorities in real-time, giving residents 20-30 minutes of warning, he said.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

“A robust structural remedy it is not,” Bonta said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Smith tried every remedy he knew, but the rash kept marching onward.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The government told the BBC it had supported apartheid victims over the years, and would continue to do so, but did not oppose survivors and families pursuing legal remedies.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

As part of remedies for the New Mexico trial, a judge ordered Meta to create a $567 billion abatement fund and to limit the amount of time that young people can spend on its apps.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

Bonta previously has said his preference would be structural remedies — divesting key business units — rather than “behavioral” compromises that could evaporate soon after the merger closed.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Vitamin C was filed away with other “alternative” remedies, and Pauling’s late-career crusade was widely seen as a sad mistake.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

Ma Charles was delighted to have JimmyTrotter in the house, whether he was dropping off milk bottles or bringing one of Miss Trotter’s remedies that Ma Charles had no intention of trying.

From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia

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

Shimon Goldwater, a partner in Asserson Solicitors, said the learning that students missed out on during Covid "was one of the great injustices to come out of the pandemic - and it's never been remedied".

From BBC Feb. 16, 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

"But we believe that we have remedied that," he added.

From Barron's Nov. 16, 2025

The act remedied this insanity to some extent; it provides an “innocent owner” defense to those whose property has been seized.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

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

“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

The truce extension will give more time for negotiations about "remedying trade imbalances" and "unfair trade practices", the White House said.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2025

“Why not just jump straight into the deep end?” said Karty, who is charged with remedying the Rams’ woebegone kicking of 2023 .

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 3, 2024

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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