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adjective

as in corrective
serving to raise or adjust something to some standard or proper condition I've given the engine a remedying tune-up that should put an end to that knocking

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verb

present participle of remedy
1
as in healing
to bring about recovery from a little extra studying should remedy your poor performance in history thus far this year

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2
as in amending
to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations from needed to wear glasses to remedy her bad vision

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Recent Examples of remedying
Verb
Presuming that sons are already less social is not a recipe for remedying this bias. — Lise Eliot, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026 Ahead, design experts share the five most glaring living room flaws, plus advice for remedying them. — Madeline Bilis, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026 Taking the time to figure out where the block is happening and remedying it in a gentle manner is always the best way to go. — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 12 June 2026 The city invested a $125 million grant package to aid in remedying flood concerns in June. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Feb. 2026 There is a dearth of curries in New York—something chef Vijay Kumar, of Dhamaka, Adda, and Semma, has been steadily remedying in recent years. — Elena Clavarino, Air Mail, 21 Feb. 2026 For generations, the federal government enforced civil rights laws with an eye toward remedying historic, systemic discrimination against Black people and other people of color. — Annie Ma, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 For generations, the federal government enforced civil rights laws with an eye toward remedying historic, systemic discrimination against Black people and other people of color. — ABC News, 3 June 2026 Starmer is historically unpopular in Britain after a series of scandals and policy missteps, with critics accusing him of lacking a political vision for remedying the country’s stagnant post-Brexit economy. — Alexander Smith, NBC news, 19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remedying
  1. corrective
  2. healing
  3. amending
  4. beneficial
  5. curing
  6. correcting
  7. reformative
  8. alleviating
Adjective
  • The International Monetary Fund said in May that global oil price hikes were eating into mineral export profits — which are a key source of income for the DR Congo, a global mining hub — calling for corrective measures to cushion the shock.
    — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 6 July 2026
  • The weekly stochastics have turned higher from oversold territory, a bullish near-term development that previously marked corrective lows in both January 2025 and January 2026.
    — Katie Stockton, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Definition of corrective
Verb
  • In 2009, after years of strained relations between SSPX and the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI remitted the 1988 excommunications as a step toward healing the rift.
    — Noah LaBelle, NPR, 2 July 2026
  • By contrast, bridge-building leadership works by healing divides.
    — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of healing
Verb
  • Recently, the Illinois Register proposed amending the administrative code to update the definitions of the various alcohol categories solely by their production process — not their alcohol content.
    — Adam Hoffer, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
  • That’s what’s important, so just amending the contract doesn’t work for me.
    — Michael Praats, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2026
Definition of amending
Adjective
  • According to Ballato, hydrangea stems contain a sap similar to pine trees that can deter beneficial water flow.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 6 July 2026
  • Activities such as walking, swimming, cycling, stretching, and yoga are all beneficial.
    — Mélanie Defouilloy, Vogue, 6 July 2026
Definition of beneficial
Verb
  • Most at-home gel systems bundle an LED curing lamp, base coat, top coat, gel polish color and basic prep tools like a file and buffer.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 June 2026
  • The two facilities include a roughly 75,000-square-foot building for casting, curing and final assembly, and a nearly 70,000-square-foot case preparation facility.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 June 2026
Definition of curing
Verb
  • For decades, beauty has focused on correcting the visible effects of stress.
    — Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Fernandez and Iglesias walked around, correcting students and teaching them the proper footing and hand technique.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
Definition of correcting
Adjective
  • As part of the reformative aims of the convict system, many of these men were incarcerated at Fremantle Prison, trained, and put to work on infrastructure projects such as bridges, roads, and public buildings.
    — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Fifty-five years after Martin Luther King's death, African Americans continue to proudly honor his reformative legacy in Phoenix.
    — The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2024
Definition of reformative
Verb
  • The owner and lessee will bear the responsibility of clearing the debris and alleviating some of the effects of the fire and its aftermath, Moore said, including looking for ways to mitigate debris flowing out of the warehouse, and the smell emitted by the rotting food.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
  • So, resources like financial planning, credit building and debt management assistance can potentially unlock additional productivity by alleviating employee financial stress.
    — Sheri Atwood, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Definition of alleviating

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