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mitigate

[mit-i-gayt] / ˈmɪt ɪˌgeɪt /


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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

The initiative changes the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, a law intended to inform decision makers and the public about a project’s possible environmental impacts — and mitigate them to the extent possible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Some competitors have called for an industry-wide slowdown to address and mitigate safety concerns.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

“Practically, the core purpose is to mitigate any future crossings of the military demarcation line,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 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

"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

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

Mrs. Caroline H. Dall writes: It mitigates my regret in declining your invitation to remember that these are not the dark days of the cause.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Modern markets have mitigated these risks, but there’s an unintended consequence to that.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 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

However, it is possible some of this could be mitigated using new technologies.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

“Bears don’t like conflict. They like it easy. So the livestock issue, while fear is a real response if you are a livestock producer, can be mitigated … that’s not a deal breaker.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

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

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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

In this case, mental disease or defect - as the law describes it - could be a mitigating factor.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

“I don’t believe anything you tell me,” Nately replied, with a bashful mitigating smile.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller


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