mitigate
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But Merck’s healthcare segment remained resilient after its rare-disease drugs helped it mitigate a hit from generic competition for its Mavenclad multiple-sclerosis medicine, the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Well the bad news is there's no cure, but it is possible to mitigate it.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
The government is yet to estimate the potential loss to Sri Lanka's economy from the effects of El Nino, but has set up a ministerial task force to mitigate its impact.
From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026
Mozeliak had said the Angels should not need a total rebuild because the resources available to a major-market team should mitigate the need to tank and just play kids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
To mitigate her dishonesty, she deflected all honor from herself, filling her letters widi praise for Zoe.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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Moore said the facility has remained at 45 degrees, which mitigates the risk of it becoming a biohazard due to food spoilage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
While China relies on oil imports, "it mitigates this exposure through diversified suppliers, ties with Iran, substantial strategic reserves and continued reliance on coal", she said.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
Santander’s geographic diversification mitigates risk by reducing volatility, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
But he added that the products Arm designs for that part of the market come with “dramatically smaller royalties,” which mitigates the potential impact on Arm’s business.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 4, 2026
It softens the manners, and facilitates the intercourse between man and his fellow-man; it mitigates violence, and weans him from corrosive vices.
From The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
The attention economy is often portrayed helpfully by media outlets as an individual problem to be mitigated by reducing our own dependence on screens and devices.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Given the power of some AI models, there’s a question of whether governments regulate how this technology is rolled out, if it hurts job creation, and how that is mitigated.
From Barron's ● Jun. 11, 2026
The state subsidies mitigated the damage from the expiration of the federal assistance, says Charles Gaba, the indefatigable private analyst of Obamacare financials.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
The impact on European security could be mitigated by U.S. troop deployments elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
The first officers, on the other hand, were talking to their boss, and so they overwhelmingly chose the most mitigated alternative.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Giving the public indirect exposure to the benefits of AI through part- government ownership could be one means of mitigating the criticism and heading off a political backlash.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
The purpose of these laws, Jackson wrote, was to “vindicate property rights” by mitigating “concerns associated with violations of those rights by armed individuals on private land.”
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2026
She added that the city should hold the company accountable for a safe cleanup and for mitigating any environmental hazards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
Fortunately, we have entered a new era of disease management in which we know more and can do more, enabling us to implement brain-healthy strategies before symptoms begin and mitigating them after they start.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
“I don’t believe anything you tell me,” Nately replied, with a bashful mitigating smile.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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