mitigate
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"Urgent adaptations are needed to mitigate the effects of successive heatwaves on plants and the insects that rely on them to thrive," the society said.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
The company has also been accruing fines as air regulators demand the company take additional steps to mitigate the smell and vermin that has been drawn to the site and surrounding neighborhoods.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Kraft Heinz KHC -2.85%decrease; red down pointing triangle had lower profit and sales in the second quarter, but raised its sales outlook as it aims to mitigate higher supply costs by raising prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
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
CoreWeave mitigates customer-turned-competitor risk with multiyear contracts and financing backed by customer revenue streams.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 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 Albert Taylor Bledsoe
“Rising component costs are mitigated given Apple’s bargaining power against consumers and the supply chain.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
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
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
By their elimination the total load of carcinogens would be enormously lightened, and the threat that one in every four will develop cancer would at least be greatly mitigated.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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"The limited extension during this period makes a temporary contribution to mitigating the exposure of the electricity system and Spanish consumers to previously unforeseen price spikes," said the announcement.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
“There may be costs associated with mitigating these issues,” said Kevin Stahl, Braham’s city administrator and police chief, “however, at this time I cannot even estimate a cost.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Abatzoglou hypothesized the region’s link between wildfires and soil moisture could cause the mitigating effects of the preceding El Niño to linger longer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
He said Ansreen had been a "central figure" in the plot and had "many opportunities to stop the escalation of events", adding that mitigating circumstances had been "adequately taken into consideration".
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 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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