as in alleviated
to make more bearable or less severe
this medicine should mitigate the pain until the strained muscle heals itself
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Recent Examples of mitigated
By sharing profits, the Kinahans mitigated their risk if shipments were seized.
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Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
While a yellow placard signals two or more major violations, these are typically corrected or mitigated during the inspection, according to the Sacramento County Food Inspection Guide.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Friday’s outage had the potential to impact a large number of businesses and private households, though the impact would be mitigated as the worst of the outage took place in the middle of the night.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Other researchers have also examined intercepting satellite traffic, but low signal quality has been a barrier, which may have mitigated the threat in the past to some extent.
—PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
It's more easily mitigated that way.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2025
Such an action would require a national moratorium on comparable AI models until the damage is contained and the risk mitigated.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
No, the team hasn’t traditionally performed well in hot weather, but the low levels of tire degradation on Sunday mitigated that to a degree.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Market response to the news was mitigated.
—Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
While a yellow placard signals two or more major violations, these are typically corrected or mitigated during the inspection, according to the Sacramento County Food Inspection Guide.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Friday’s outage had the potential to impact a large number of businesses and private households, though the impact would be mitigated as the worst of the outage took place in the middle of the night.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
Other researchers have also examined intercepting satellite traffic, but low signal quality has been a barrier, which may have mitigated the threat in the past to some extent.
—PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2025
It's more easily mitigated that way.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2025
Such an action would require a national moratorium on comparable AI models until the damage is contained and the risk mitigated.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
No, the team hasn’t traditionally performed well in hot weather, but the low levels of tire degradation on Sunday mitigated that to a degree.
—Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
Market response to the news was mitigated.
—Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mitigated
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has alleviated the pain of losing Durant many seasons ago by turning into the best player in the league, winning not only the NBA MVP Award last year, but also earning the honor of Finals MVP.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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For a while, this was alleviated by trying to help police with their investigations, corresponding with her father, and working with organizations meant to help victims of violent and high profile crimes.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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So, Collins was initially relieved to hear from the doctor that her ankle was cleared.—
Jan Goldsmith,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Oct. 2025
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In mid-June, they were relieved to learn that their home insurance would be renewed—but their annual premium was going up by a thousand dollars.—
Ingfei Chen,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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These vortices are called flux ropes, and satellites had previously observed small flux ropes—but our work helped uncover how they are generated.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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Ripple Ripple helped launch XRP, one of five cryptocurrencies Trump has said should be included in a new US crypto strategic reserve.—
Melanie Hicken,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Liverpool eased their Champions League jitters by thrashing Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday; now for the Premier League.—
The Athletic UK Staff,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Regular exercise has eased her joint pain, boosted her energy and helped protect her bone health through menopause.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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When Tennessee attempted to claw back with a touchdown early in the second half, Simpson soothed any stress, engineering a nine-play, 99-yard drive capped by an 11-yard touchdown pass to Rico Scott.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
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Charles’s decency, his commitment to solving problems of care, his stranger’s gift for reimagining family both soothed and inspired.—
Sam Lipsyte,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Mitigated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mitigated. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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