How to Use mitigate in a Sentence

mitigate

verb
  • Emergency funds are being provided to help mitigate the effects of the disaster.
  • One of the best ways to mitigate the weight of a leather bag?
    Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Work must be done to mitigate it.
    Bill Ritter Jr, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025
  • For one, a big tree helps mitigate the scale of a very big house.
    Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 22 Apr. 2021
  • The test were done in the hope of learning how to mitigate crash fires.
    Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 17 Aug. 2024
  • But is that enough to mitigate the risk for those looking to hit the slopes?
    Ben Leonard, baltimoresun.com, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Oxy and Anadarko failed to agree on a way to mitigate those stock fears.
    Jordan Blum, Houston Chronicle, 7 June 2019
  • Fifer says the roads can help stop the spread of fires if they're mitigated.
    Alan Gionet, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • But the new tweaks should mitigate the issue.
    Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • Still, there are steps parents can take to mitigate the spread of colds when kids head back to class.
    New York Times, 26 Feb. 2021
  • And the president-- d-- has an incredible-- knack at knowing how to mitigate those risks.
    Major Garrett, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • All of which cost money to mitigate.
    Rose Evans january 22, Idaho Statesman, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Once that life is gone, it cannot be replaced or mitigated for.
    Frederick Olsen Jr. | Opinion, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2018
  • During the first wave, states must gear up to mitigate a second wave.
    Anna Kuchment, Dallas News, 12 Apr. 2020
  • Mayne says Day One has tried its best to mitigate the risks, of course.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 29 Mar. 2023
  • And the funds would go toward projects meant to mitigate the dam’s impact.
    Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 4 Feb. 2022
  • But this set is a great option to mitigate damage.
    Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2026
  • There are ways to have cooler pavement that helps mitigate against that.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
  • That such care could mitigate the conditions that beget crime.
    Maris Kreizman, Rolling Stone, 24 June 2025
  • And focusing on that helps to kind of mitigate the pressure of it a lot for me.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 May 2026
  • But that risk is mitigated a bit by the salary cap rising in future years.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 22 May 2025
  • Our job is to mitigate and reduce the bad and amplify the good.
    NBC News, 10 Oct. 2021
  • Adding milk to coffee may help mitigate this effect.
    Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Adding milk to coffee may help mitigate this effect.
    Fran Kritz, Verywell Health, 7 May 2026
  • But now, there is an easy and delicious way to mitigate a key risk factor.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 1 June 2026
  • There was just a chance to mitigate craziness that could happen to either of us.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 5 June 2023
  • Having the right to live and work in different places can mitigate this risk.
    Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
  • In a test call, my voice sounded clear and the mic did a fine job of mitigating background noise.
    PCMAG, 6 Apr. 2024
  • How much of it is all to do with mitigating the fallout from the Iran war at this point?
    Sarah Hilton, Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026
  • One way to mitigate that is to spread US troops and assets out among more bases.
    Brad Lendon and Michelle Lim, CNN, 6 Dec. 2019

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