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remediate

[ri-mee-dee-eyt] / rɪˈmi diˌeɪt /


VERB
remove, as pollutants
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Mold can pose health risks for some groups of people, and is expensive to remediate.

From MarketWatch Aug. 15, 2026

The company doesn’t have a plan to remediate indirect water consumption.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 3, 2026

"We are looking at environmental disasters like oil spills, and identifying ways to remediate them in faster, greener and more sustainable ways," Oran said.

From Science Daily Jun. 5, 2026

But this summer, the building was still deemed unsafe by the fire service, which said it had to close "in the absence of any suitable plans to remediate the fire safety shortfalls".

From BBC Nov. 27, 2025

Cordelia's agonised invocation and summons to the unpublished forces of nature, to be aidant and remediate to the good man's distress, is continually echoed by the poet, but with a broader application.

From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Delia Bacon

Two complementary bills approved Monday ensure homes that survive a wildfire but are contaminated by the onslaught of smoke are properly remediated before residents move back in.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

According to the latest figures, there are 192 high-rise blocks in London in the process of being remediated at the moment - more than the 149 in the rest of the country combined.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The complex’s superintendent, Oscar Chang, told the local publication that the building was being remediated while waiting for a permit for work on its roof.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2026

Students who fail these expectations and assessments should be retained and remediated.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 12, 2026

The student with severe prior knowledge deficits can usually be rapidly remediated by learning basic thinking skills first: for instance, the basic memorization techniques, note taking, outlining, and free association recall techniques.

From Sequential Problem Solving A Student Handbook with Checklists for Successful Critical Thinking by Fredric Lozo

“Preventing future Mythos level attacks and remediating identified vulnerabilities requires the participation of the broader security industry, domain expertise, and deterministic detection, which Anthropic can’t deliver,” the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

US officials added that any future aid would be "dependent on the Somali Federal Government taking accountability" and remediating the matter.

From Barron's Jan. 8, 2026

Sunderland City Council said it was "remediating the site in preparation for future investment" and would soon be procuring a contractor, with building work expected to start "later in the year".

From BBC Apr. 5, 2025

The exhibition will display documentation from the process, García’s mosaics made of soil and sculptures made of remediating materials.

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 2023

The tools look for more signals of malicious activity and automate many of the time-consuming tasks of investigating and remediating breaches.

From Seattle Times May 1, 2023




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