mitigate
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Qualifying residents will also receive air filters to mitigate pollution from diesel and heavy construction equipment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
The FDA unveiled a 10-part plan to mitigate and prevent future cyclospora outbreaks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 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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First laid out in 2023, the framework outlines how the company measures and mitigates emerging AI risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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
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
It blinds men—they curse it, while they grope along: a desperate business, indeed, thus to run by guess where positive knowledge of the way merely mitigates the peril.
From Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman by Norman Duncan
Bonus points for an address higher on a hill, where flood risk is mitigated.
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
"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
That could have mitigated the Dodgers’ huge advantage in slugging.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 2, 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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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
She added there had been "intensive" discussions over the weekend about mitigating jobs losses adding that she and Business Secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, would be meeting JLR's chief executive, PB Balaji, next week.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 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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