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mitigate

[mit-i-geyt] / ˈmɪt ɪˌgeɪt /


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The ideal scenario is for rain to fall overnight to mitigate the loss from evaporation.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

The company on Tuesday provided its latest action plan to L.A. city officials to mitigate the smell, but even some elected officials are skeptical.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Higher fares helped American mitigate nearly half of the impact of an 83% increase in fuel costs, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

Disney executive Thomas Mazloum said earlier this year Disneyland’s high percentage of California visitors — typically more than 50% of its audience — has helped mitigate a slowdown in international visitation.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

The best I could hope to do was mitigate the disaster.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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

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

The guarantee mitigates the risk for bondholders, and provides an incentive for Meta to renew.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 24, 2025

Hence, it is admitted by many Arminians themselves, that their own scheme merely mitigates and softens down, without removing, the appalling difficulty in question.

From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor

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

“They can only be mitigated by all of us working together.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2026

The impact on European security could be mitigated by U.S. troop deployments elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal May 25, 2026

"If you take risks in the space business, it needs to be understood and mitigated risk," Hubbard said.

From Barron's May 20, 2026

They don’t see any hierarchical gap between themselves and the pilots in the air, and to them, mitigated speech from a pilot doesn’t mean the speaker is being appropriately deferential to a superior.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

Even its name, StormWall, sounds like science fiction, but authorities on space weather say it could work, mitigating an event that happens, they estimate, once a century.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

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

Speaking in court, a district judge said his ruling took into account several mitigating factors, including how her risk of re-offending was "not significant".

From BBC Jun. 23, 2026

No teacher would ever entertain the thought of mitigating, in any way, the punishment of a truant.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane




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