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Discover LudwigThe phrase "address the harm" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the need to confront or deal with negative consequences or damage caused by an action or situation.
Example: "In order to move forward, we must first address the harm caused by the recent policy changes."
Alternatives: "tackle the damage" or "confront the injury".
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Instead of immediately responding to address the harm, as governments might be expected to do, the victims become statistics at best.
In 1978, the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) was passed by Congress to address the harm caused by these race-based policies.
"The department is prepared to engage in meaningful settlement negotiations," Mr. Klein said, adding that any settlement must "meaningfully address the harm that's occurred to this market and ensure on a going-forward basis that it not be replicated".
The new code on more modest images will apply only to the covers of the magazines rather than their full content, and campaigners dismissed the move as "a half-measure that doesn't address the harm of these publications".
"These kinds of suits don't squelch much speech, but they still address the harm," points out the University of Maryland law professor Danielle Citron, an expert on the topic.
Such waste must be safely stored if nuclear power is to be used, and we need to address the harm done to water and lands from the entire nuclear fuel cycle, from uranium mining to plant operations.
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And, until now, there has been very little done to address the harms suffered by these communities.
Decriminalising drugs would not eliminate the crime committed by their illicit trade, nor would it address the harms and destruction associated with drug dependence".
"It has to trouble Pitofsky immensely that there are elements of what is on the table in the consent decree that may not adequately address the harms the agency will identify in its complaint," he said.
In a statement, the Drug Policy Alliance praised the bill's attempts to address the harms that cannabis prohibition has caused, and to create a path forward for U.S. treatment of the drug.
Governor Cuomo also has a unique opportunity to address the harms that these arrests have caused by enacting sealing for marijuana possession arrests as part of his decriminalization proposal in the state budget legislation.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

Justyna Jupowicz-Kozak
CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com