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Recent Examples of remedial The company is implementing remedial actions to address these deficiencies. Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025 Joining the Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 faculty at the start of the 2016-2017 school year, Johnson began his career at the high school’s Brookside Campus teaching literature to freshmen and sophomores in a remedial environment. Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025 There was a woman in her seventies who had been raped years ago by the father of one of the fifty-one defendants—making the trial, for her, a paltry chance at remedial justice. Katie Ebner-Landy, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2025 The technique is used to verify that soil remedial objectives are met and contaminants do not exceed state standards. Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for remedial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remedial
Adjective
  • The memos sometimes validated an immigrant’s account of individual abuse, or detailed systemic issues and corrective action at detention centers.
    Mel Leonor Barclay, Them., 15 Apr. 2025
  • Blue Origin spaceflights with human aboard then resumed in May 2024 after the Federal Aviation Administration closed its investigation and ordered the company to make 21 corrective actions.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Like in Japan, public bathing has long been revered in South Korea, with evidence of saunas used for medicinal purposes dating back to the 15th century.
    Anna Haines, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Rose water, made by distilling rose petals, is used for its fragrance, skin benefits, medicinal purposes, and potential calming effects.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Fifty-five years after Martin Luther King's death, African Americans continue to proudly honor his reformative legacy in Phoenix.
    The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2024
  • While the idea of hiring actors might raise some eyebrows, acting and artistry can be an important step in the reformative process, and Hemsworth suggested that the actors’ real-life experiences helped shape their on-screen characters.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2023
Adjective
  • According to tradition, soaking in a hot bath infused with these therapeutic salts allows the magnesium and sulfur to penetrate the skin, soothing muscles, detoxing the body, and easing stress.
    Alice Nardiotti, Vogue, 10 Apr. 2025
  • These spaces should feel supportive and therapeutic, like a warm residential setting—not isolating or restricting.
    Sharron van der Meulen, Forbes.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • These issues are very complicated, and Special Envoy Witkoff's direct communication today was a step forward in achieving a mutually beneficial outcome.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Implementing these systems can be a logical and beneficial extension of application modernization, taking efficiency and agility to a new level.
    Manuel Sanchez, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This includes advocating for policies that eliminate the requirement to forgo curative treatments, improve reimbursement rates and address provider shortages.
    James Dismond, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • There has been some scientific research into whether these curative feelings can be backed up by actual findings.
    Vicky Hallett, NPR, 1 Apr. 2025

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“Remedial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remedial. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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