re·me·di·ate
ri-ˈmē-dē-ˌāt 
remediated; remediating; remediates
: to make (something) the target of remedial action : to provide a remedy for
… the process of removing the spent fuel, draining the holding pool, remediating the site, and treating contaminated groundwater.—
Jeff Johnson
Jeff JohnsonWork is underway … to remediate erosion on a 6000 foot section on the Gill bank of the Connecticut River.—David Detmold
David DetmoldBut here's the thing: [basketball coach John] Calipari was worried, worried enough to try all sorts of things behind the scenes to remediate his team's results at the line.—Alexander Wolff
Alexander Wolff
re·me·di·ate
ri-ˈmē-dē-ət
archaic
: remedial
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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
Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Connecticut law allows cultivators to remediate flower that has failed testing if their remediation plans are approved by the Department of Consumer Protection.
—David Goldburg, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
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Verb
The environmental services company remediated the SUV and, while doing so, detected high levels of mercury and recovered solid mercury, according to the indictment.
—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
Adjective
The need to check for and remediate accessibility errors may be higher for e-commerce properties than other more static digital assets but the pay-off for making remediations is also more immediate and measurable.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
Connecticut law allows cultivators to remediate flower that has failed testing if their remediation plans are approved by the Department of Consumer Protection.
—David Goldburg, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Remediate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remediate. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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remediate
transitive verb
re·me·di·ate
ri-ˈmē-dē-ˌāt
: to make the target of remedial action
the commissioner of environmental protection…shall conduct remedial actions necessary to remediate the pollution at or on the site—General Statutes of Connecticut
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