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remedial

ri mee dee uhl

  • s  tending or intended to rectify or improve
    a remedial reading course
    remedial education
  • s  tending to cure or restore to health
    remedial surgery

  • Conservatives want to get rid of remedial education.
  • When Bestselling Author Rudolf Flesch (The Art of Plain Talk) offered to give a friend's twelve-year-old son some "remedial reading," Flesch discovered that the boy was not slow.
  • Finally, remedial teachers point out that a disproportionate percentage of their students are black or Hispanic.
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  • Henry Waxman in Kentucky.com
    They also raise questions about whether the White House took appropriate remedial action following the leak and whether the existing requirements are sufficient to protect against future leaks,Waxman added. "Your perspective on these...
  • P Chidambaram in Times of India
    Home minister P Chidambaram, who heads the GoM, said, "Today we discussed remedial issues and environmental issues -- remediation of contaminated water, contaminated soil, toxic wastes that are on the site and the corroded plant."
  • Yash Chopra in Hindu
    Yash Chopra, chairperson of Yash Raj Films, said: "If we have inadvertently hurt the sentiments of anybody, I apologise for the same and have taken immediate remedial action by deleting the line from the prints of 'Aaja Nachle' from all over the...

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