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to stop or reverse the damage of
Cleanup crews are working to remediate the site of the chemical spill. Remediating the pollution of the river will take some effort.
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Recent Examples of remediating
Agents provisioning access, processing payroll, remediating security incidents—with no identity, no audit trail, no compliance posture.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026
The family is claiming negligence and wrongful death on the part of the defendants for not maintaining and inspecting the mine, remediating any hazardous conditions, and warning others of those dangers.
—Lauren Linder, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
The federal government is committed to fully remediating this site.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
The project addressed decades of contamination and structural deterioration while preserving the hangar's historical appearance, removing toxic materials, remediating the steel frame, and installing new siding, windows, and doors.
—New Atlas, 3 Apr. 2026
Chevron is responsible for remediating the affected area, which isn’t expected to be complete until spring 2030.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2026
But remediating the source of lead in a home and regularly cleaning old homes to keep dust at a minimum can make a real difference, as can healthy eating, particularly with iron-, calcium- and vitamin C-rich foods, which can help deter the absorption of lead in the body, Davis said.
—Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2026
Tax and immigration counsel can assist when lapses in compliance have occurred and the possibility of remediating them can be examined.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 6 May 2026
The family is claiming negligence and wrongful death on the part of the defendants for not maintaining and inspecting the mine, remediating any hazardous conditions, and warning others of those dangers.
—Lauren Linder, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
The federal government is committed to fully remediating this site.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Apr. 2026
The project addressed decades of contamination and structural deterioration while preserving the hangar's historical appearance, removing toxic materials, remediating the steel frame, and installing new siding, windows, and doors.
—New Atlas, 3 Apr. 2026
Chevron is responsible for remediating the affected area, which isn’t expected to be complete until spring 2030.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 24 Feb. 2026
But remediating the source of lead in a home and regularly cleaning old homes to keep dust at a minimum can make a real difference, as can healthy eating, particularly with iron-, calcium- and vitamin C-rich foods, which can help deter the absorption of lead in the body, Davis said.
—Jimmy Lovrien, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2026
Tax and immigration counsel can assist when lapses in compliance have occurred and the possibility of remediating them can be examined.
—Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remediating
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More than a workflow, CD/CR is positioned as a new framework and potentially a new SOC discipline, built around the idea that detection and investigation should function as a single self-improving system.—
K.H. Koehler,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
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In addition to the work on the golf course, which includes improving bunkers and teeing areas as well as re-grassing, Jeffersonville in 2024 completed a new $12 million state-of-the-art clubhouse.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Joaquin Trinanes, a NOAA researcher who helped develop the inundation tool, said scientists are continually refining the models.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2026
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This involved firing the spacecraft’s thrusters for 12 hours, increasing Psyche's speed, and refining its approach to the Red Planet.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 May 2026
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The World Bank has recently noted that rehabilitating Ukraine’s mining sector is expected to require multi-billion-dollar investment in equipment, modernization, and infrastructure, potentially reaching the low tens of billions when combined with processing, power, and transport needs.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Once the dust settles, both Lively and Baldoni will be tasked with rehabilitating their reputations, and attention will inevitably turn to the next high-profile celebrity case.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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Where quantum computing and machine learning are already being combined most helpfully, Ekert argues, is in physicists’ use of classical AI to design quantum error-correcting codes and better quantum hardware.—
Zeeya Merali,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
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As a professional proofreader, Fuyuko (Yukino Kishii) spends her days and nights finding and correcting mistakes.—
Blake Simons,
IndieWire,
18 May 2026
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Presuming that sons are already less social is not a recipe for remedying this bias.—
Lise Eliot,
The Conversation,
20 Apr. 2026
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How to refill a saline lake Growing the lake is a much bigger and more expensive challenge than remedying the salinity problem.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Remediating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remediating. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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