remediation
noun
re·me·di·a·tion
ri-ˌmē-dē-ˈā-shən 
: the act or process of remedying
remediation of reading problems
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But starting in the mid-2000s under President George W. Bush, the U.S. began earmarking federal dollars for dioxin remediation in Vietnam to clean up the contamination sites and the two nations’ troubled relationship.
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Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2025
Management has identified material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting, specifically related to IT general controls and documentation in its India operations, and is working on remediation efforts.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025
Organizations are facing a perfect storm of fragmented tools, relentless alert fatigue and mounting remediation bottlenecks.
—Aviv Mussinger, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The soil remediation is expected to take several months, and then construction is likely to last about a year, officials said.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2025
Management has identified material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting, specifically related to IT general controls and documentation in its India operations, and is working on remediation efforts.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025
Organizations are facing a perfect storm of fragmented tools, relentless alert fatigue and mounting remediation bottlenecks.
—Aviv Mussinger, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The soil remediation is expected to take several months, and then construction is likely to last about a year, officials said.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Feb. 2025
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“Remediation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remediation. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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remediation
noun
re·me·di·a·tion
ri-ˌmēd-ē-ˈā-shən
: the act or process of remedying
remediation of reading problems
Medical Definition
remediation
noun
re·me·di·a·tion
ri-ˌmēd-ē-ˈā-shən
: the act or process of remedying
remediation of learning disabilities
Legal Definition
remediation
noun
re·me·di·a·tion
ri-ˌmē-dē-ˈā-shən
1
: the act or process of remedying
2
: the act or process of remediating
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