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
CFOs should calculate costs associated with remediating an environmental or human rights liability—costs that can arise once the company discloses the issue, even when that disclosure does not trigger a regulatory penalty.
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Jim Deloach, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The hacking campaign, nicknamed Salt Typhoon by Microsoft, is one of the largest intelligence compromises in U.S. history, and it has not yet been fully remediated.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024
The company acknowledges a material weakness in its internal controls over financial reporting and plans to remediate this with additional accounting expertise.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Ocean Biomedical's management acknowledges the existence of a material weakness in its internal controls over financial reporting and is taking steps to remediate this issue.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 23 Dec. 2024
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Jim Deloach, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The hacking campaign, nicknamed Salt Typhoon by Microsoft, is one of the largest intelligence compromises in U.S. history, and it has not yet been fully remediated.
—Kevin Collier, NBC News, 3 Dec. 2024
The company acknowledges a material weakness in its internal controls over financial reporting and plans to remediate this with additional accounting expertise.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Ocean Biomedical's management acknowledges the existence of a material weakness in its internal controls over financial reporting and is taking steps to remediate this issue.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for remediate
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So far, the overall box office is improving on 2024 with ticket sales up 10.9% from the same point a year ago, according to Comscore.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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Should the lab leak theory be dismissed, trust between the two countries might actually improve, as tensions between them ease.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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Atlas, which is still in early stages, will be able to autonomously post on social media platforms, community manage, and gauge sentiment online to refine its creative process.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
28 Jan. 2025
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And then just the value of this program to be able to refine their voice and teach them to use their voice in that way.—
Mará Rose Williams,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
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For the educators, that creates an amusing challenge: The Sunny gang isn’t a pack of wayward teenagers waiting for an understanding mentor to show them the light, and their moral failures can’t be rehabilitated with a pep talk.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
9 Jan. 2025
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Auditors also noted the social and educational efforts to rehabilitate prisoners and ready them to re-enter society.—
Clifford Ward,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Jan. 2025
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In order to remedy that, her nonprofit and Howdy Homemade entered into a franchise agreement to open a local store — with more to come.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2025
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The settlement is one of several steps that the Biden administration has taken to remedy the effects of policies felt by L.G.B.T.Q. service members for decades.—
Aishvarya Kavi,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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And so, even our mothers and grandmothers might stand corrected on their makeup techniques.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2025
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This article has been updated to correct the spelling of Lily Zhang’s name.—
Jessica Golden,
CNBC,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Remediate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remediate. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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