mitigate
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Transport costs fell 2.7% from a month earlier after the federal government temporarily lowered the sales tax on gasoline and diesel to mitigate sharp price rises stemming from the Iran conflict.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
The company said Sunday that it was working around the clock to mitigate the risk of a leak and apologized to the local community for the disruption.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
We advocate staying invested to benefit from rising earnings while diversifying across the AI value chain to mitigate company-specific risks.
From Barron's • May 23, 2026
“This is going to happen unless some guy behind me here figures out how we can mitigate this incident. This thing is going to fail. We don’t know when.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
A few congressmen and witnesses tried to mitigate the scapegoating of the Osage.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Vocabulary lists containing mitigate
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