redress
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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
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
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
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“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
Her curator Ian Alteveer, for one, is focused on the art of Kerry James Marshall, a prominent figurative painter from Birmingham, Ala., whose work redresses the absence of black subjects in Western art.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2015
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
Giotto, Benozzo, or Ghirlandajo are all alike to him; and we hardly know whether he injures most when he robs or when he redresses.
From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by John Ruskin
The University and College Union has previously highlighted an ethnicity pay gap and called for it to be redressed.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
Well, there's plenty of damage to be redressed.
From Salon ● Apr. 15, 2025
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
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Those from the Renaissance to the 19th century have been brought into the canon, redressing centuries of neglect, while once well-known female artists of the past whose reputations faded are again highly visible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
“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
“The question is, how can we use contracting to make an even greater impact on redressing harms and discrimination, and opening doors to opportunity?”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 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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