mitigate
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To mitigate the risk of being compromised, "there is no clear structure" to the work, he said, adding he had never met and did not know the identity of others he had been working alongside.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Qualifying residents will also receive air filters to mitigate pollution from diesel and heavy construction equipment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
“Practically, the core purpose is to mitigate any future crossings of the military demarcation line,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
The European Union insists that, yes, its law known as the AI Act is powerful enough since it forces companies to assess and mitigate risks, under threat of massive fines or even bans.
From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026
The best I could hope to do was mitigate the disaster.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
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“The company expects inventory levels to remain elevated as it mitigates this dynamic supply chain environment,” the company said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
"The external intervention we need is from government in the shape of grassroots music festival tax relief. Festivals eat and drink risk, but tax relief mitigates some of that risk."
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
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
CoreWeave mitigates customer-turned-competitor risk with multiyear contracts and financing backed by customer revenue streams.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026
A sober Diet makes a Man die without Pain; it maintains the Senses in Vigour; it mitigates the Violence of Passions and Affections.
From Medicina Flagellata Or, The Doctor Scarify'd by Anonymous
This latest decline is down not just to hot weather, which has been slightly mitigated by recent rainfall, but also a reduction in cultivated areas -- pared back 1.9 percent in the past year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
However, it is possible some of this could be mitigated using new technologies.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
The Genius Act mitigated some credit and liquidity risk from stablecoins, and the Clarity Act provides a regulatory framework for crypto.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
That could have mitigated the Dodgers’ huge advantage in slugging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 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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He said the traditional approach to mitigating insider risk relies on verifying someone’s identity and then trusting that what they do afterward is legitimate, which can miss cases where the threat develops over time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
The so-called Games Agreement laid out a “shared set of values” and called for an operating budget that would be “prudent, realistic, and designed to protect taxpayers by mitigating financial risk.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
"I want to be absolutely confident that we have all of the facts of the case and that we can take mitigating measures to ensure that there is no repetition of this."
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
It depends on where you live, however, as there are many mitigating factors when it comes to filing for Chapter 7.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 16, 2026
Further, I want to prevail upon this Court to consider this boy’s plea of guilty as evidence mitigating his punishment.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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