minimize

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Harm reduction strategies focus on minimizing risk rather than insisting on total avoidance.

From Science Daily

“It’s rooted in housing policy and economics, but at its core, it’s about people — and stories like this aren’t always easy to back in an industry built to minimize risk,” Pine said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times

“The bank may also want to minimize downside risks to the labor market and lower rates ahead of the next forecast meeting in April,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal

"By combining optical nonlinear sensing, which effectively minimizes background noise, with an amplification-free design, our method offers a distinct balance of speed and precision."

From Science Daily

By targeting sperm metabolism with an inhibitor based, nonhormonal approach, it may be possible to temporarily disable sperm function when desired while minimizing unwanted effects.

From Science Daily