mitigate

Example Sentences

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Caine answered that the military was “always thinking about those considerations” and had processes in place to mitigate the risks.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

They also noted the need to better understand this phenomenon to mitigate risks to future astronauts who might be exposed on the lunar surface.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

“Everyone is trying their best to mitigate the impact domestically and hoping that resolution can come soon — somehow, someway,” said Goh.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

So the team asked the state to grant them a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes, something commonly used in real-estate development to mitigate risk by creating tax certainty.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Examples include the rules that govern punctuation, complex forms of agreement, and fine semantic distinctions between uncommon words like militate and mitigate and credible and credulous.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker