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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Pawloski said Amazon seemed to invest fewer resources into improving MTurk at the same time as more data labeling services arrived, causing many turkers to shift to competing platforms.

— Annie Palmer, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
The broader shift is that AI content quality is improving while the barrier to creation is becoming lower.

— Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of improving

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Before Broadway, Parton was hard at work, producers said, refining the musical after its out-of-town tryout in order to give audiences a deeper look at her life than ever before.

— Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Voit’s emphasis this season has been on refining his eye at the plate, on understanding the difference between looking for a pitch and looking for his pitch.

— Tim Britton, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of refining

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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
After rehabilitating from a major knee injury in 2022, Poulter reclaimed her starting role in 2024.

— Dan Arritt, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of rehabilitating

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As starlight streams through the telescope, those actuators subtly reshape the mirrors in real time, correcting for imperfections in the telescope's optics smaller than the width of a strand of DNA.

— Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Here’s how to figure out the cause, along with tips for correcting and preventing the problem.

— Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 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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