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redress

[ree-dres, ri-dres, ri-dres] / ˈri drɛs, rɪˈdrɛs, rɪˈdrɛs /




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The Daily Telegraph leads with a story saying the prime minister "will consider investments in healthcare and education as redress for colonial past" under the headline "Burnham open to slavery payouts".

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

A Swedish truth commission on Wednesday urged the state to apologise for injustices committed against its indigenous Sami people, including assimilation programmes, and provide compensation and redress.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

He said a redress scheme would be more than financial and also focus on providing carers, adaptions to the home and special educational needs.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

To redress this pardonable oversight, Deirdre Loughridge and Thomas Patteson take us on a guided tour of “The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

“Let them know that it is their right to petition for a redress of their grievances.”

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright

“Across the Ages,” the first truly comprehensive Celtic art survey in the U.S., redresses that long-standing prejudice.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

A bedrock principle of our legal system is that the federal judiciary adjudicates and redresses actual harms to real people.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2023

Still, Stehlin redresses many of the play's shortcomings in this production, which may lack a certain bite, but which still nibbles the funny bone -- and takes an occasional nip at the heartstrings as well.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2015

The new set redresses some of the complaints about the original.

From New York Times ● Sep. 12, 2013

"Why the renowned knight Don Quixote de la Mancha, who redresses wrongs, and gives drink to the hungry and meat to the thirsty."

From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“I felt that there was a balance that needed to be redressed in some ways, that people weren’t getting the full story,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Even if every broken heart could be mended and every theft of opportunity redressed, ethno-racial communities would still rightly honor the endurance and resistance that sustained their members.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2024

Spencer redressed the existing sets to reflect the manly elements Gosling’s Ken has brought back from the Real World, including mini-fridges and leather furniture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

In 2005, the historical situation was redressed, when South Korea paid direct compensation to tens of thousands of wartime laborers.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 15, 2023

Westley asked question after question while the albino tended and redressed his wound, then fed him food that was warm and surprisingly good and plentiful.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman

These are aimed at redressing historic racial inequality.

From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026

That dragged total exports down by a total 7.3% on year, with other markets redressing some of the American drag.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025

“There is a trend towards redressing wrongs, telling untold stories, exposing truths, revealing hypocrisies,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024

The referendum was framed as a first step toward redressing major historical wrongs.

From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024

She points to her wound, which is oozy, and clearly needs redressing.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman


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