mitigate
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When AI begins to wobble, investors have tended to shift money into other corners of the market, helping mitigate losses in the S&P 500.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026
"Steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precise munitions," the military said, adding it "regrets any harm caused to uninvolved individuals".
From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026
Sanitation crews are also working to clear debris and shore up burn scar areas to mitigate flood risks, Mayor Karen Bass’ office said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Valthos builds AI systems to detect, characterize and mitigate emerging biological threats.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The fact that our lack of care and concern may have been, at times, unintentional or unconscious does not mitigate our crime—if we refuse, when given the chance, to make amends.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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"The external intervention we need is from government in the shape of grassroots music festival tax relief. Festivals eat and drink risk, but tax relief mitigates some of that risk."
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 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
CoreWeave mitigates customer-turned-competitor risk with multiyear contracts and financing backed by customer revenue streams.
From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 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
Here is found that rare form of rural industry, a book-printing establishment, which to some extent mitigates the depression mentioned above.
From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Edward Conybeare
This latest decline is down not just to hot weather, which has been slightly mitigated by recent rainfall, but also a reduction in cultivated areas -- pared back 1.9 percent in the past year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 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
OpenAI founder Sam Altman and others have said that many of today’s diseases could be mitigated if not cured in the next decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
“Rising component costs are mitigated given Apple’s bargaining power against consumers and the supply chain.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
The silence that followed was partly mitigated by the drone of the filtration pump.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Boulder wants compensation for wildfires, the costs for mitigating pest infestations, reduced farm output and lower employee productivity, among other things.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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
A mechanism that requires data centre developers to match their projects, with new green generation capacity being commissioned, would be a neat way of mitigating the risks but that requires government or regulatory intervention.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 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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