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redress

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




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Dozens more who worked at his luxury department store have filed for compensation under a redress scheme set up after a 2024 BBC documentary revealed the scale of his alleged offences.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

The redress package will be paid for by the firm's shareholders and not through customer bills.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

As law, policy and regulation have penetrated deeper into every facet of life, the First Amendment right “to petition the government for the redress of grievances” has become of utmost importance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

In practice, this means that only the parties named in a case can get immediate redress.

From Salon Jul. 9, 2026

Many and more of the matters brought before her involved redress.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

“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

Seven years later, McDonell has come out with a very personal second memoir, “Irma,” that redresses these exact issues.

From New York Times Apr. 9, 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

Cutaneous and ophthalmic affections are of course common, and typhus fever now and then redresses the balance in Malthusian fashion by reducing the crowd.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20, September, 1877. by Various

Well, there's plenty of damage to be redressed.

From Salon Apr. 15, 2025

He recognizes what must be redressed, but he refuses to lose his sense of humor in the struggle or exempt himself from the human comedy that may be the only reliable equal opportunity employer.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 10, 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

In standing terms, that means their injury won’t be redressed by the relief they seek, so they have no right to sue.

From Slate Feb. 28, 2023

Finally they redressed him in his raggedy clothing.

From "Gathering Blue" by Lois Lowry

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

"The sculptures unveiled in 2023 have not made a large contribution to redressing the balance of people celebrated in public art," said Art UK.

From BBC Mar. 26, 2024

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

From Seattle Times Feb. 15, 2024

Record numbers of Americans have quit their jobs altogether, while others are redressing their work-life balance by “quiet quitting.”

From New York Times Jan. 24, 2023

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

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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