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amendatory, corrective, rectifying, reformative, reformatory, remedying
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Even though last summer the same conservative majority aggressively intervened to prevent any remedial maps from even being considered. — Cristian Farias, Daily Intelligencer, "The Supreme Court Continues to Chip Away at Protections for Minority Voters," 25 June 2018 Explain the potential legal consequences for juvenile sexting offenders, from community service or remedial education under new laws in some states, to child-pornography charges in others. — Sue Shellenbarger, WSJ, "The Minefield of Talking With Your Children About Sexting," 20 Oct. 2018 Investing now in quality early childhood programs like preschool and child care will save us huge costs down the road in remedial education, health, and -- most importantly to me -- incarceration. — Ann Benoit, NOLA.com, "Prom 2018: Saint Paul's School students make memories to last a lifetime," 4 May 2018 In Montana, some dual-credit classes are also seen as a way to eliminate the need for—and cost of—remedial classes in college. — Lisa Ward, WSJ, "The Benefits of Starting College Early—in High School," 10 Feb. 2019 Some insight came from India, where the NGO Pratham had pioneered and scaled a remedial education approach known as Teaching at the Right Level. — Meagan Neal, Vox, "It’s hard to design good policies. This simple idea can help governments do it.," 21 Dec. 2018 To avoid repeats, regulators toughened rules, made market reforms around benchmark rate setting and demanded remedial action by banks around their processes. — Margot Patrick, WSJ, "Major Banks Suspected of Collusion in Bond-Rigging Probe," 20 Dec. 2018 During the 2015-2016 school year, more than 96 percent of BCCC students had to take remedial coursework, according to the most recent data provided by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. — Lauren Lumpkin, baltimoresun.com, "Free tuition recipients begin college journey with BCCC orientation course," 25 June 2018 Instead, Soledad was instructed to register them in the town’s Mexican remedial school. — Mariana Viera, Teen Vogue, "How Méndez vs. Westminster Helped End Segregated Schools for Latinx Children in 1940s California," 12 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'remedial.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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