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alleviate

Definition for alleviate

verb as in relieve; lessen

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At the time, the government argued it did not have enough money to remove the cap but set up the Child Poverty Taskforce to consider measures to alleviate child poverty.

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"Please come and sit down with us so that we can work through this together to try and alleviate some of this suffering."

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Pope Leo XIV on Sunday renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan and the "urgent opening of humanitarian corridors" there to alleviate "unacceptable suffering" caused by civil war.

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The order may help temporarily alleviate one looming crisis for millions of Americans resulting from the impasse between Republicans and Democrats on a bill to fund the government and end the shutdown.

In contrast, the new deal, as described by Bessent, specifies China’s commitment in metric tons, rather than dollars, a move that will alleviate pressure on the country if soybean prices stay low, Suderman said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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