redeem
verb (used with object)
to make up for; make amends for; offset (some fault, shortcoming, etc.).
is redeeming
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present progressiveof redeem (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Arnott said he suspects that “buybacks tend to ramp up when management is redeeming stock options, arguably to help facilitate the redemptions.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Next up is redeeming the lightness from that darkness, without indulging the old myths or perpetuating the old inequities.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 17, 2021
It’s hard to find much that is redeeming in true-crime documentaries these days.
From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2021
The city agency overseeing the project, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, hopes that at the hearing on Wednesday it can make the case that it is redeeming a hazardous industrial wasteland.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2011
I have looked upon him till recently as a black sheep, but he is redeeming himself rapidly in my eyes.
From Luke Walton by Horatio Alger
