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remedy

[rem-i-dee] / ˈrɛm ɪ di /




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“This is the perfect example of where insurance is the ultimate remedy, but the people who want it can’t get it.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

To help remedy unfair disparity between sentences, Congress created the U.S.

From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026

If we ever face a larger war with a peer competitor, we need to remedy this situation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

"I guess it's safe to say that the line between war and peace has been blurred, and that's the new reality that we live with in Europe right now," he said, prescribing his Nordic remedy.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

An acrid smoke fills the air, which is not the best remedy for someone trying to regain the ability to breathe.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

As in Johnson’s case, the government moved to dismiss my lawsuit in part because I had not exhausted my administrative remedies.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

The agreement covers trade in goods and services, intellectual property rights, trade remedies and sustainable development, among other areas, both parties say.

From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026

Luckily, those diseases can be cured by antibiotics or other remedies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Later, he published a science-fiction novel, called “Darkome,” where AI bioengineering has enabled biological attacks and characters use genetic technology to develop remedies for cancer and other diseases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

“The wise woman and her love potions are not so secret as some ladies believe. Courtiers, too, have resorted to her remedies and advice.”

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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

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

The department hopes those with an interest in how the site can be remedied will respond to the consultation.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2025

“And although we are doing our best, if they cannot be remedied soon, we will seek out another planet.”

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

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

Over the summer, California’s Reparations Task Force called for repealing such laws in its recommendations for remedying the legacies of slavery and more modern government-sanctioned policies that discriminated against Black residents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

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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