REMEDIATING Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

remediating

verb

present participle of remediate

as in improving

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 In a statement this week, Buckingham confirmed the activity had stopped, and that her office was working with the contractor to determine steps for remediating the land. — Ashley Killough, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026 Fixing bugs, establishing safeguards and remediating vulnerabilities make AI solutions better, safer and more effective. — Peter Garraghan, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 Though the Bone Thugs don’t have prior experiences visiting the Walk of Fame (after all, Ruthless Records was founded not in Hollywood but Compton), receiving their star feels like a step towards remediating that lack of recognition. — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 8 July 2026 The Cooper Apartments has started leasing units in building two after remediating and refurnishing them according to Steele and tenants who saw the listing on The Cooper’s website. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026 Agents provisioning access, processing payroll, remediating security incidents—with no identity, no audit trail, no compliance posture. — 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

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The catalyst for improving the life conditions of Americans, our hemisphere, and everyone in the world, is to massively expand energy production around the world.

— Willa Rubin, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
From helping people lose weight to controlling their blood sugar to tamping down inflammation and improving heart health, these medications herald a new age of medicine.

— Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of improving

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The same is true of thoughtful case studies, difficult decisions explained transparently, lessons learned from failures, long-term client relationships or years spent refining a particular expertise.

— Matteo Pittaluga, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
America catches up to the Mediterranean bowl Kfoury spent nearly a decade refining the model.

— Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of refining

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Instead, both men have focused on rehabilitating AI’s image into something that exists in harmony with humanity.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Several countries in Europe have set models for rehabilitating a democracy with fair and judicial retribution against former officials deemed accountable for wrongdoing.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of rehabilitating

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An important demonstration of this principle was provided by Google's Willow processor, which demonstrated that error rates could decrease as the number of physical qubits participating in an error-correcting code increased.

— Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
No deleting, rereading, correcting grammar, or performing intelligence.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of correcting

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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, 9 July 2026
Ahead, design experts share the five most glaring living room flaws, plus advice for remedying them.

— Madeline Bilis, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026

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