as in to improve
to stop or reverse the damage of
Cleanup crews are working to remediate the site of the chemical spill. Remediating the pollution of the river will take some effort.
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Recent Examples of remediate
The entertainment company agreed as part of the settlement to divest up to 13 amphitheaters, which the official said would help to remediate its monopoly power over major performance venues.
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Mason Leib, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Here, liability hinges not on the simple occurrence of a labor violation, but rather, on what the company did and didn’t do to prevent the violation from happening and to stop and remediate it after the fact.
—Sarah Dadush, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2026
The city relies on a nearly decade-old estimate of roughly $576,000 to remediate historic burn ash contamination on that alternative site.
—Charles Rilli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
The project addressed decades of contamination and structural deterioration while preserving the hangar's historical appearance, removing toxic materials, remediating the steel frame, and installing new siding, windows, and doors.
—New Atlas, 3 Apr. 2026
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Mason Leib, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026
Here, liability hinges not on the simple occurrence of a labor violation, but rather, on what the company did and didn’t do to prevent the violation from happening and to stop and remediate it after the fact.
—Sarah Dadush, Footwear News, 14 Apr. 2026
The city relies on a nearly decade-old estimate of roughly $576,000 to remediate historic burn ash contamination on that alternative site.
—Charles Rilli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
The project addressed decades of contamination and structural deterioration while preserving the hangar's historical appearance, removing toxic materials, remediating the steel frame, and installing new siding, windows, and doors.
—New Atlas, 3 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remediate
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Parker now has several options to improve an area that hasn’t been a strength in Dallas for a while.—
Jon Machota,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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In good economic times, that’s hundreds of millions of dollars each year for upgrading classrooms, boosting teacher pay, improving security, and enriching learning in our schools.—
Kevin Vick,
Denver Post,
26 Apr. 2026
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Beyond the familiar career-fair format, students met with employers to workshop their résumés, refine their LinkedIn profiles, and practice interview questions.—
Ashley Bigda,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ending the risk The team will first scale successful technologies, such as mobile inspection platforms and robotic arms, by refining them in Oxford’s labs before full-scale deployment.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Apr. 2026
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All eastbound lanes of Interstate 80 just before the Bay Bridge are closed as crews work around the clock to rehabilitate the roadway.—
Da Lin,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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And there was a TV movie where Dirk Bogarde played Dahl, many years ago, with Glenda Jackson as Patricia Neal, about Patricia Neal’s strokes and how Dahl rehabilitated her.—
Elisabeth Garber-Paul,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2026
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Packing motion sickness remedies ahead of time is an easy way to avoid scrambling if the ship starts rocking.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2026
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The Civil Rights Act, which was enacted to remedy a history of denying the right to vote based on race, allows for inspection of voter-registration records but doesn’t overturn state privacy laws, according to civil rights lawyers.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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At the league meetings in March, owners approved a measure that would allow replacement game officiating crews to receive assistance from the game-day command center and correct on-field calls.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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According to the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters, mistakes can also be corrected by simply indicating the correction on your original ballot.—
Hector Amezcua,
Sacbee.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Remediate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remediate. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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