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mitigate

[mit-i-gayt] / ˈmɪt ɪˌgeɪt /


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Guardiola's solution to mitigate some of these issues last season came in the form of asking midfielders to shoulder more ball-playing responsibility.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

The work includes excavation to retrieve a soil sample and debris removal, as well as installing sandbags to mitigate further damage from strong waves and coastal erosion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

In a response to the coroner's report, external, the Treasury "accepted the findings in the report in full" and said it had taken immediate action to mitigate the concerns raised.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Eight months into the conflict, storing oil closer to top customers in Asia is becoming a key strategy to mitigate supply risks, speeding up deliveries while bolstering host countries’ energy security.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

In another time, if I felt it unavoidable, I would have presented the fact solely to mitigate the ill sweep of my own activities.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

And economists have shown that continued immigration mitigates inflation and extends the solvency of Social Security and Medicare funds.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 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

Santander’s geographic diversification mitigates risk by reducing volatility, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026

CoreWeave mitigates customer-turned-competitor risk with multiyear contracts and financing backed by customer revenue streams.

From Barron's ● Mar. 24, 2026

The suffering is more often relieved by warm or tepid than by cold applications, and not infrequently pressure or a tight bandage greatly mitigates it.

From The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by Charles West

There are reasons why so many people are struggling right now—reasons that cannot fully be avoided or mitigated.

From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026

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

“All accounts with any connection to sanctions violations were blocked from transacting, which mitigated the platform risk, and were subsequently offboarded.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

What was their great battle over mitigated speech and teamwork all about, after all?

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

“The Iranian conflict remains a frustration, but we expect it to end with lower oil prices, providing upside for investors and mitigating the impact of higher interest rates,” Macquarie says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

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

"I want to be absolutely confident that we have all of the facts of the case and that we can take mitigating measures to ensure that there is no repetition of this."

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

I had thought of telling him about the rash too, as a mitigating circumstance, but decide that our relationship is not at a point where I want to be discussing my body.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich


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