mitigate
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The minister said the ongoing work by the trust had helped mitigate the waiting times at the ED but that these were still "much too long".
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Some competitors have called for an industry-wide slowdown to address and mitigate safety concerns.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
City crews are pumping out water on the streets, rebuilding beach berms and opening tide valves to help mitigate water intrusion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
You can also mitigate duration risk by using a ladder strategy, buying bonds with staggered maturity dates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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 advantage of this location "is that you can use the original tunnel's roof as your little tunnel's roof. Also, it mitigates risk of flooding," said Dix.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 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
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
Higher aluminum prices outside of China are also incentivizing producers there to export more, which mitigates some of the global supply risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
A spirit of greater thankfulness is often engendered by suffering itself; it is one of the "sweet uses of adversity," and mitigates it immensely.
From Records of Later Life by Fanny Kemble
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
Treasury yields declined in Asian trade, retreating from Tuesday’s highs, as Federal Reserve speakers mitigated interest-rate hike expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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
"You don't want to stifle innovation," Thune said on Monday, "but I think you also want to make sure that the more advanced threats can be mitigated."
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
What was their great battle over mitigated speech and teamwork all about, after all?
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
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
In this case, mental disease or defect - as the law describes it - could be a mitigating factor.
From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026
Just “running out of fuel, sir” at the end of a sentence, preceded by the mitigating “ah.”
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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