mitigate

Example Sentences

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Environmental consultant Mike Harris said ecological assessments demonstrated that impacts were "temporary, localised, and appropriately mitigated".

From BBC

The company gave a weaker-than-expected earnings forecast in November, and said that it was taking a “prudent approach to our guide while implementing aggressive actions to mitigate” the rising costs.

From Barron's

“It might be just enough to mitigate the serious losses that could happen. It’s at least possible.”

From Salon

This plea for the middle ground between praise and criticism is not something that England's coaching staff have invented to mitigate post-defeat criticism.

From BBC

The buybacks might serve only to mitigate the dilution caused by the issuance of new shares to hand to corporate executives as part of their compensation.

From MarketWatch