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mitigate

[mit-i-geyt] / ˈmɪt ɪˌgeɪt /


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He also recommends travelers bring motion-sickness patches or chew on gum, which can mitigate some of the issues.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The fund would be used to help neighbors mitigate the fallout from a disaster.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Chelsea had done plenty of work to mitigate those demands.

From BBC Aug. 9, 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

Examples include the rules that govern punctuation, complex forms of agreement, and fine semantic distinctions between uncommon words like militate and mitigate and credible and credulous.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

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

Mr. Mitchell sees virtue in how diplomacy mitigates costs and constrains violence.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 17, 2025

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

“Bears don’t like conflict. They like it easy. So the livestock issue, while fear is a real response if you are a livestock producer, can be mitigated … that’s not a deal breaker.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 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

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

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

This is the most mitigated statement of all.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

"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

The Fifa disciplinary committee takes into account "both aggravating and mitigating circumstances", and it has the power to enforce the ban globally.

From BBC Jul. 20, 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

Character can serve as a mitigating factor in the face of disaster, while the absence of character often has the opposite effect.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 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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