mitigate

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

If economic activity slows further in the coming months, the Chinese government could boost investment moderately to mitigate the pressure on the economy, said Zhiwei Zhang, chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Hydro is informing customers, working to mitigate the consequences and evaluating alternative channels to fulfill contractual commitments,” the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Nato is trying to mitigate this by attempting to manage acquisition decisions across its 32 members but the problem here is that the defence alliance's guidelines are voluntary only.

From BBC

However, even by the reigning PFA Young Player of the Year's own admission, Palmer is not yet operating at his fluid, brilliant best - with several mitigating factors contributing to that downturn.

From BBC

“While a sustained upward move in oil prices could potentially support more pricing across pockets of the commodity and intermediate chemicals complex,” there are mitigating factors, wrote Citi analyst Patrick Cunningham on Monday.

From Barron's