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remediation

[ri-mee-dee-ey-shuhn]

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the correction of something bad or defective.

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Origin:
1810–20; < Latin remediā-t(us), past participle of remediāre to remedy + -ion

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Remediation can be accomplished with minimal cost by covering the contaminated area with clean soil.

Improving outcomes for students who require remediation.

Poor schools have dreadful outcomes and tend to require expensive remediation efforts.

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Remediation can be accomplished with minimal cost by covering the contaminated area with clean soil.

Improving outcomes for students who require remediation.

Poor schools have dreadful outcomes and tend to require expensive remediation efforts.

The school district decided it would be cheaper to provide bottled water than testing and remediation efforts.

It has also identified weakness in monitoring and inadequate evidence to support some remediation technologies now in place.

Siemens was still working on patches but had found a remediation for one of the vulnerabilities.

If asbestos is found it should be removed by a certified remediation company.

If remediation of lack of preparation for post-secondary work was not factored out, then the cost distortion will be significant.

Some remediation has taken place but the area is still an ecological disaster.

Carbon dioxide remediation indicates planting trees would be of great benefit.

If they're right, we're going to need some wild climate remediation schemes.

The new figures also showed a clear link between college remediation and how well students performed before high school.

No surprise that freshmen asked to take remediation courses say they are surprised.

Remediation of the area will be an expensive and time consuming effort.

No remediation requirements would be imposed, but the intent is to force remediation as part of the sale process.

Often, the health and environmental costs of the remediation can exceed that of the original pollution itself.

They have an odor remediation enzyme product specifically engineered to combat the pig odor problem.

Any attempt at remediation doesn't spark any interest.

Drastically improving outcomes for students requiring remediation.

The chart showed the relative costs and benefits of various greenhouse gas remediation measures.

Remediation has been under way for about four years, but the project is far from finished.

The goal should be to use those remediation efforts to strengthen the broader ecosystem.

Emboldened by these successes, he has applied his botanical model of remediation to tackle a far more difficult problem.

Mooney said they were not included in the company's carbon emissions calculations or remediation plans.

But using them during construction can save millions in remediation down the line.

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remediation (rɪˌmiːdɪˈeɪʃən)

—n
	the action of remedying something, esp the reversal or stopping of damage to the environment

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Word Origin & History

remediation

1818, noun of action from remedy (q.v.). In educational jargon from c.1975.

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