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remedy

[rem-i-dee] / ˈrɛm ɪ di /




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Trump is especially interested in Section 301, which is meant to remedy foreign trade practices that are discriminatory, unfair or unreasonable, and that burden U.S. commerce.

From Salon Aug. 16, 2026

He was also wrong to present vitamin C as a near-universal remedy for many illnesses.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

The AI company hasn’t committed to Hugging Face’s proposed remedy: that OpenAI release a full log of the rogue agents’ actions and commit $100 million of compute for the platform’s community to build cyber defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

If Carvalho overused a district-provided car, his attorneys said, a reasonable remedy would simply be to request reimbursement for the costs.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

It also pointed out the lack of regulation and patient protections in tissue research, and called on legislators to remedy the situation.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

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

They want the FTC, which is responsible for policing market competition, to report to Congress on any violations of antitrust law and to recommend remedies.

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

A further trial is also scheduled for October this year to determine the consequences of any actionable breaches and any issues relating to damages or other remedies.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

He said he’d stay in the peace of his home and use his own remedies instead of throwing more money away.

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo

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

If only a network of canals existed, the lack would be remedied, the habitability of Mars would become plausible.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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

But watching the Olympics and absorbing the best of the Games has always been borderline impossible, and Peacock is our best hope for remedying that problem.

From Slate Jul. 23, 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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