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 environmental services company remediated the SUV and, while doing so, detected high levels of mercury and recovered solid mercury, according to the indictment.
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Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Rather than reacting to breaches after the fact, proactively identifying and remediating risks is flashing green signals to the best enterprise outcomes.
—Siranjeevi Dheenadhayalan, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The company has identified material weaknesses in its internal controls over financial reporting and is taking steps to remediate these issues.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2025
Instead, this next-generation AIOps allows teams to focus attention on discovering and remediating threats or identifying areas of potential optimization.
—Karthik Sj, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
Rather than reacting to breaches after the fact, proactively identifying and remediating risks is flashing green signals to the best enterprise outcomes.
—Siranjeevi Dheenadhayalan, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
The company has identified material weaknesses in its internal controls over financial reporting and is taking steps to remediate these issues.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2025
Instead, this next-generation AIOps allows teams to focus attention on discovering and remediating threats or identifying areas of potential optimization.
—Karthik Sj, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remediate
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Pollination season was windy, cold and rainy — but supply chain problems began to improve and inventory came down.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2025
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Levy said that if the political climate doesn’t improve, business for him will likely be even worse in 2026.—
Jason Carroll,
CNN Money,
7 June 2025
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Large rocks containing chromite, is crushed into smaller bitesize chunks, before to goes through a process to refine and extract the ore that yields chromium, a vital component of stainless steel, at the Mughulkhil mine in Logar Province, Afghanistan.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
28 May 2025
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Students will also receive qualitative feedback from FSF adjunct faculty partners within 48 business hours of each assignment submission, helping students improve and refine their ideas ahead of the competition deadline.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
28 May 2025
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The program has rescued and rehabilitated 24 seals in 2025 alone, according to the aquarium.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
22 May 2025
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Nor were they educated or important enough to be rehabilitated into the West German government — like the former Nazis who, by 1957, made up some 76 percent of the senior officials in the Justice Ministry of the Federal Republic.—
Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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The justices appeared uncertain in the oral arguments about how to remedy the sweeping use by district judges of nationwide injunctions, which could have a significant impact on the high court’s emergency docket.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
29 May 2025
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Restaurants with over 30 demerits are required to fix the worst issues immediately and remedy the rest within 48 hours.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 May 2025
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This story was updated to correct a typo in Mandi Jung's name.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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This article was updated to correct the Miami commission seat sought by Tommy Regalado and the policing position held by Joe Carollo.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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“Remediate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remediate. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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