mitigate

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“If you keep up the spending, the market volatility will magnify that, but if you focus on the withdrawal aspect of it, you can mitigate some of that risk,” she said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

He added, however, that "we expect to fully mitigate the current financial impact of the disruption to our business."

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

“It would also mitigate execution risk, eliminate incremental standalone costs and allow an acquirer to optimize the business under its own management and operating structure.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Bats are protected by law in the U.K.—some species are at risk of extinction—and so developers have to assess the environmental impacts of a new road on bats and take measures to mitigate them.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

The fact that our lack of care and concern may have been, at times, unintentional or unconscious does not mitigate our crime—if we refuse, when given the chance, to make amends.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander