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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Trump 100 days: Former president's success created measuring stick for future leaders From Trump to Reagan: Their first 100 days Trump promised to improve the economy on Day 1.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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However, the latest reports suggest that situation is improving, albeit with lowball offers.—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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Once exclusively focused on hardware design, medical device companies today are expanding their thinking to incorporate consumer requests into software updates that refine functionality and introduce new features.—
Ross Meyercord,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Villa endeavoured to refine a more compact defensive structure while being clinical up front… and the response was startling.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
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 changed to correct the address of TheaterWorks Hartford and to update changes in the performance schedule.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
30 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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“Remediate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remediate. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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