mitigate
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Guardiola's solution to mitigate some of these issues last season came in the form of asking midfielders to shoulder more ball-playing responsibility.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026
"How can you have faith in these measures that they're putting in to mitigate future disasters if you don't know fully what happened the first time around?" she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
The German group said the recovery in its pharma business allowed it to mitigate market pressures at its agricultural and consumer-health divisions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026
The work includes excavation to retrieve a soil sample and debris removal, as well as installing sandbags to mitigate further damage from strong waves and coastal erosion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
A few congressmen and witnesses tried to mitigate the scapegoating of the Osage.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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And economists have shown that continued immigration mitigates inflation and extends the solvency of Social Security and Medicare funds.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
“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
From certain distant vantage-ground, the composition is, however, as complete and imposing an ensemble as might be desired, but decidedly the nearer view is not so pleasing, and somewhat mitigates the former estimate.
From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield
There are reasons why so many people are struggling right now—reasons that cannot fully be avoided or mitigated.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
Bloating is often temporary and other gastric side effects may be mitigated by starting the supplement at a low dose and increasing daily consumption incrementally.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
“All accounts with any connection to sanctions violations were blocked from transacting, which mitigated the platform risk, and were subsequently offboarded.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The inspector general found that the Fed’s Board of Governors failed to take actions that would have mitigated significant cost overruns.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
With that help, the chaos that had brought him to this cage would be reined in and the misunderstanding manifested here would be mitigated.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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“The Iranian conflict remains a frustration, but we expect it to end with lower oil prices, providing upside for investors and mitigating the impact of higher interest rates,” Macquarie says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
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
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
None of this compelling mitigating evidence was presented at trial, and it should have been.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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