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mitigate

[mit-i-geyt] / ˈmɪt ɪˌgeɪt /


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People in the U.S. face vulnerabilities that a VPN can help mitigate.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

“You can mitigate that overarching risk by being in fundamentally different asset classes that are exposed to different dynamics,” he says.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

To mitigate heavy capital expenditures, Oracle will let customers use their own hardware in its data centers.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

The Bank of Japan is widely expected to raise interest rates this month to mitigate the burden of rising costs as policymakers grow more worried that the fallout from the conflict will accelerate underlying inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

The best I could hope to do was mitigate the disaster.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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