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remedy

[rem-i-dee] / ˈrɛm ɪ di /




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Both parties are trying to remedy mistakes of elections past in the hopes of winning over the Gen Z vote, launching targeted recruitment efforts, hiring more young people and leaning into social media.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

The remedy for this recusal lies with Justice Alito.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Angurweet is used as a remedy for ailments including stomach ache.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The obvious remedy is to build more interceptors — a process Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered even before the war began.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Mother’s usual summer remedy of sprinkling the sheets with refreshing cologne lasted only a minute.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Many animals treat themselves with plants and other natural remedies.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Rich Greenfield of LightShed Partners: “Huge win for Paramount. . . . None of the behavioral remedies will have any meaningful impact.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

"We've been clear with the CMA throughout its investigation that it must ensure its remedies do not disproportionately impact smaller, independent practices and we've pushed back where we've had concerns," Williams said.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

In other countries in the world, where medication is available for everyone who needs it, defrauding the public with worthless remedies is curtailed if not made impossible.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

The solution he provided was to have Hungry Joe fly the courier ship once a week, removing him from the squadron for four nights, and the remedy, like all Colonel Korn’s remedies, was successful.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

“Irregular took immediate action, and all known issues on our end were remedied and resolved weeks ago.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

Much to the astronauts' relief, Koch remedied the issue with the toilet aboard Orion -- "I'm proud to call myself the space plumber," she said during a Q&A session late Thursday with US media.

From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026

Shimon Goldwater, a partner in Asserson Solicitors, said the learning that students missed out on during Covid "was one of the great injustices to come out of the pandemic - and it's never been remedied".

From BBC ● Feb. 16, 2026

Every single person in that room revealed that they had dense breasts, which we thought could be remedied somehow through self-massage.

From Slate ● Feb. 4, 2026

If only a network of canals existed, the lack would be remedied, the habitability of Mars would become plausible.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

The resolution also emphasised that reparation claims "represent a concrete step towards remedying historical wrongs against Africans and people of African descent".

From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026

The iOS 26.4 update improved keyboard accuracy by remedying the ghost-letter problem, but autocorrect issues persist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 29, 2026

“This has been one of the holy grails of remedying the Korean discount, and there’s at least a 50-50 chance of it passing this year,” he says.

From Barron's ● Dec. 31, 2025

But watching the Olympics and absorbing the best of the Games has always been borderline impossible, and Peacock is our best hope for remedying that problem.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2024

Fizz is prone to remedying me and would invariably seek the answer to my “problem.”

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali




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