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remediate

[ri-mee-dee-ayt] / rɪˈmi diˌeɪt /


VERB
remove, as pollutants
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Meanwhile, the mold experts hired by plaintiffs and defendants often come to vastly different conclusions about what is required to remediate the problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

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

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 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

Many whose homes survived the fire but were contaminated by smoke and ash are still fighting with their insurance companies to remediate their homes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026

Under the judicious application of cooling astringent collyria, and other remediate means, the irritation and pain of the parts were relieved, and the lids somewhat retracted.

From The Dog by William Youatt

As I drove back to my newly remediated home in the fire-ravaged Palisades, I considered how differently these two knee surgeries were.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Burke added that the panel felt Sani's treatment of the man was "not something that could be remediated with training" as it reflected her attitude.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 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

Los Angeles County, UCLA, USC and several other organizations launched their own soil testing efforts, and all found elevated levels of lead at homes that had already been remediated by federal cleanup crews.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 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

This 2023 estimate from CalGEM is about three times higher than other parts of the state due to the complexity of sealing wells and remediating the surface in densely populated urban areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025

The Resolution Foundation, an independent think-tank focused on improving the living standards of those on low-to-middle incomes, is urging the government to ensure that the costs of remediating hot homes are affordable.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2025

“Approving this contract is an important step in remediating the permissive public safety environment our city has endured for years,” Councilmember Bob Kettle, the Public Safety Committee Chair, said in a statement.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2024


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