How to Use remedial in a Sentence

remedial

adjective
  • Thirty percent of the new students need remedial classes in math.
  • He's taking a course in remedial reading.
  • Officials have pledged remedial action to repair damaged bridges.
  • These are facts anyone can pull up in a remedial Google search.
    — Nicolee Ambrose, Baltimore Sun, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Cities and states need to make sure that landlords carry out remedial work.
    — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Maybe remedial math should be in the future for Dom.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Plants are indeed more than remedial smellers.
    — Jenny Odell, Longreads, 2 June 2026
  • Maybe this is why Sex and the City’s lessons often feel a bit remedial.
    — Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
  • The antitrust case’s remedial phase is set to begin in April.
    — Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 4 Feb. 2025
  • But what about the remedial map recently adopted by the court?
    — New York Times, 26 Feb. 2018
  • An attitude, by the way, that would point to a need for remedial work in counseling.
    — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2019
  • The remedial support is required in the law, but no details have been announced yet.
    — al, 6 Aug. 2019
  • The descriptions are easy enough for kids to follow but not so remedial an adult will lose interest.
    — James Patrick, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Some remedial improvements in base-running could help change that.
    — Kansas City Star, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Instead, those contests were held under a remedial map adopted by the court.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 26 May 2026
  • Prince, who is now 10 and in fourth grade, has trouble reading and writing and needs remedial help in school.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
  • Thompson’s ruling four years ago started a remedial phase of the mental health portion of the case.
    — Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 25 May 2021
  • This 35-year-old program is a far cry from remedial math worksheets indoors.
    — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2021
  • Prep the pot roast, scrub the bathtub spotless, take remedial ballet lessons or lay by the communal pool.
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The judges assigned a special master to oversee the remedial map.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 5 Sep. 2023
  • These students are more likely to need remedial courses in college and to work full time in order to pay tuition.
    — Ivory A. Toldson, The Root, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Three were fired and the fourth was suspended and ordered to attend remedial training.
    — Micaela A Watts, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Wasn’t that like forcing remedial Spanish lessons on a Spaniard?
    — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 15 July 2019
  • The court gave the legislature two weeks to draw new maps and submit them to a lower court, which will select a remedial plan.
    — Ethan Cohen, CNN, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Some business groups have opposed the effort, citing the costs of such remedial measures.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The bill spells out no enforcement or remedial mechanism to be applied either by the court or the counsel.
    — Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Nearly half the school’s students were white, but the freshman remedial math classes were made up of almost all students of color.
    — Maura Turcotte, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The board will have the authority to order the taking of remedial action.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Arsenal tend to use that window for remedial business to address issues caused by injuries — if at all.
    — James McNicholas, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The first two officers who arrived at Parker’s home on the day of the shooting were sent to remedial training.
    — Ashley Remkus | [email protected], al, 10 June 2021

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