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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Existing federal law already provides for possible remedial actions to confront this problem.
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Alden Abbott, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
The order directs the Attorney General to investigate federal policies of the past four years and to recommend appropriate remedial action.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
Over that period of time, the board has conducted six separate self-evaluations, engaged the DuPage County Regional Office of Education for guidance and issued two separate private remedial directive letters.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
How, then, are FBAR penalties deemed to be remedial as opposed to punitive?
—Robert Goulder, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Alden Abbott, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
The order directs the Attorney General to investigate federal policies of the past four years and to recommend appropriate remedial action.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025
Over that period of time, the board has conducted six separate self-evaluations, engaged the DuPage County Regional Office of Education for guidance and issued two separate private remedial directive letters.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
How, then, are FBAR penalties deemed to be remedial as opposed to punitive?
—Robert Goulder, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for remedial
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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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