redress
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He said that "if people have given money and haven't received the service that they were entitled to they should seek redress".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
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
The health minister said victims "have had to wait far too long for a response", adding that he had pressed the then minister responsible for patient safety for movement on financial redress.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
To redress this pardonable oversight, Deirdre Loughridge and Thomas Patteson take us on a guided tour of “The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
When a crime is committed, it is the State that must apply the law in a manner that offers redress and that brings the guilty parties to justice.
From "Monster" by Walter Dean Myers
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“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
A bedrock principle of our legal system is that the federal judiciary adjudicates and redresses actual harms to real people.
From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2023
Seven years later, McDonell has come out with a very personal second memoir, “Irma,” that redresses these exact issues.
From New York Times ● Apr. 9, 2023
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
He bears grudges, broods over indignities, and plans redresses for the morrow or the week after.
From Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart
“I felt that there was a balance that needed to be redressed in some ways, that people weren’t getting the full story,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The University and College Union has previously highlighted an ethnicity pay gap and called for it to be redressed.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
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
Finally they redressed him in his raggedy clothing.
From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry
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That dragged total exports down by a total 7.3% on year, with other markets redressing some of the American drag.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
“There is a trend towards redressing wrongs, telling untold stories, exposing truths, revealing hypocrisies,” she said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
Unlike the other four justices who supported race-conscious policies as a way of redressing racial injustice, Powell alone favored permitting admissions officers to consider applicants’ race for the purpose of attaining a diverse student body.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2022
"I'm not saying these things shouldn't exist, and these things shouldn't be out there. But maybe we're redressing the balance a bit on people showing that they've got a perfect life for their children."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2022
She points to her wound, which is oozy, and clearly needs redressing.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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The Declaration of Independence
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