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mitigation

[mit-i-gey-shuhn] / ˌmɪt ɪˈgeɪ ʃən /


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According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency, 1,129 people died, and more than 170 others are still missing.

From Barron's • Dec. 25, 2025

One industry group, the Structured Finance Association, convened a “Fraud Mitigation Task Force,” which will meet regularly over the next few months with the goal of presenting findings at a conference in late February.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

Grants are available through the California Residential Mitigation Program to help offset the cost of this type of retrofit.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

"This is a slow-moving global catastrophe, the worst I've ever seen," said co-author Dr Mark Svoboda, founding director of the US National Drought Mitigation Center.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2025

Mitigation explains one of the great anomalies of plane crashes.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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