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remedy

[rem-i-dee] / ˈrɛm ɪ di /




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One possible long-term remedy might be river level gauges that relay changes to authorities in real-time, giving residents 20-30 minutes of warning, he said.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Warning labels are also a "weak remedy", he added.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

He also said the secondary measure would not take effect immediately, arguing that the administration is trying to give “everyone the opportunity to remedy bad behavior.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

There is no constitutional duty to unlimber the remedy if it will not solve, or at least help solve, the problem.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2026

Lyons sued the City of Los Angeles for violation of his constitutional rights and sought, as a remedy, a ban against future use of the chokeholds.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

Vitamin C was filed away with other “alternative” remedies, and Pauling’s late-career crusade was widely seen as a sad mistake.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

“The number of trade remedies and trade-related actions that have been implemented over the last 18 months has just quadrupled everyone’s work, and so companies are really struggling to keep up,” Allen said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

And Johns Hopkins has launched a three-year program to research remedies, including waivers in the case of long-established doctor-patient relationships.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 18, 2026

Employees must first exhaust their administrative remedies at an agency that cannot decide their case.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

Mother, who was the midwife, had given her Saint-John’s-wort and other remedies.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

The resulting racing inefficiencies can be remedied with market designs that slow the pace of trading, but more accurate clocks will not solve the underlying problem.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

A separate recurring issue with an engine warning light which began shortly after its return from annual maintenance in Merseyside is believed to have been remedied.

From BBC Mar. 27, 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

"But we believe that we have remedied that," he added.

From Barron's Nov. 16, 2025

“Credit default swaps remedied the problem of open-ended risk for me,” said Burry.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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

The electric vehicle company is remedying the issue by asking owners to update the vehicle’s software using a wireless network connection.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 8, 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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