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mitigation

[mit-i-gey-shuhn] / ˌmɪt ɪˈgeɪ ʃən /


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He added that "further pedestrianisation" of the city centre "without significant mitigation will exclude many of us from our city".

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

The South Coast Air Quality Management District’s hearing board, a five-member committee tasked with deciding enforcement matters, voted unanimously to impose more than 90 measures to strengthen odor mitigation efforts and cleanup.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

“The current environment has led to increased costs on materials and components, for which the company continues to develop mitigation actions going forward.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

If the government believes that a proposed AI deployment could pose crucial national-security risks, there would be a clear avenue for assessment and mitigation.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

Aviation experts will tell you that it is the success of this war on mitigation as much as anything else that accounts for the extraordinary decline in airline accidents in recent years.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

Drug approval, product safety, and nuclear oversight require regulators to have a detailed understanding of hazards and mitigations beforehand.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

The current demand bump is likely due to some demand destruction and demand mitigations in place with the rising prices at the pump, Cinquegrana said.

From MarketWatch May 5, 2026

However, Sir Chris told MPs in November that the document did contain an "initial assessment" of mitigations around potential professional or financial relationships and noted the inclusion of "a general reputational risk" linked to Epstein.

From BBC Apr. 19, 2026

She said exemptions were previously agreed in 2017 and ongoing risk mitigations continue to be applied as the ward remains open.

From BBC Mar. 16, 2026

Her hair was undeniably red, of a shade which put to shame such verbal mitigations as "auburn" or "golden," and was of tropic luxuriance and anarchistic disposition.

From Double Trouble Or, Every Hero His Own Villain by Orson Lowell




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