remedial
adjective
re·me·di·al
ri-ˈmē-dē-əl 
1
: intended as a remedy
2
: concerned with the correction of faulty study habits and the raising of a pupil's general competence
remedial reading courses
also
: receiving or requiring remedial instruction
remedial students
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Examples of remedial in a Sentence
Officials have pledged remedial action to repair damaged bridges.
Thirty percent of the new students need remedial classes in math.
He's taking a course in remedial reading.
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Karat Packaging is engaged in remedial actions to address these weaknesses and improve its internal control over financial reporting.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Yet the outcome stands to dictate whether Louisiana’s map can survive in future years and carry broader repercussions for how remedial designs can be drawn once a court strikes down a map under the Voting Rights Act.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
Aside from remedial efforts on the part of Chiquita Canyon, the Newsom administration noted that the EPA and other government entities have already committed considerable resources to rectifying the situation at Chiquita Canyon.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
That points to a punitive objective, not a remedial one.
—Robert Goulder, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Yet the outcome stands to dictate whether Louisiana’s map can survive in future years and carry broader repercussions for how remedial designs can be drawn once a court strikes down a map under the Voting Rights Act.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
Aside from remedial efforts on the part of Chiquita Canyon, the Newsom administration noted that the EPA and other government entities have already committed considerable resources to rectifying the situation at Chiquita Canyon.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
That points to a punitive objective, not a remedial one.
—Robert Goulder, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for remedial
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“Remedial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remedial. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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remedial
adjective
re·me·di·al
ri-ˈmēd-ē-əl
: intended to make something better
remedial measures
remedial classes
Medical Definition
remedial
adjective
re·me·di·al
ri-ˈmēd-ē-əl
: affording a remedy : intended as a remedy
remedial surgery
Legal Definition
remedial
adjective
re·me·di·al
ri-ˈmē-dē-əl
1
a
: intended as or providing a remedy
b
: concerned with the correction, removal, or abatement of an evil, defect, or disease
remedial treatment of an inmate to improve behavior
a workers' compensation claimant who received remedial attention from a doctor
a remedial statute correcting the previous law
2
: of, relating to, or being a law enacted for the purpose of providing a method of enforcing an already existing substantive right : procedural
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