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Recent Examples of mitigation
As governments and corporations wake up to the need for adaptation alongside mitigation, expect these types of tools to become increasingly mainstream and investible.
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Marianne Lehnis, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
That's why, underneath the left-hand hood, a hilarious list of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards exemptions lays out every way the Plus Four skips out on the usual fare, such as side impact protection, ejection mitigation, a hood latch system, and tire pressure monitoring.
—ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
That site sits across Interstate 25 from land that has ongoing mitigation for radium contamination and is part of the Superfund site.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 3 Aug. 2025
But much of climate mitigation falls on state legislature to invest in more resilient communities, Carrell said.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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Marianne Lehnis, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
That's why, underneath the left-hand hood, a hilarious list of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards exemptions lays out every way the Plus Four skips out on the usual fare, such as side impact protection, ejection mitigation, a hood latch system, and tire pressure monitoring.
—ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
That site sits across Interstate 25 from land that has ongoing mitigation for radium contamination and is part of the Superfund site.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 3 Aug. 2025
But much of climate mitigation falls on state legislature to invest in more resilient communities, Carrell said.
—Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 2 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mitigation
Noun
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However, the department’s own data notes this is a 26% year-over-year decrease from 2024.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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By the fall of 2018, Ford started to see a decrease in sales of the once-popular Escape, as competition from other brands in the compact SUV market grew.—
Olivia Evans,
The Courier-Journal,
12 Aug. 2025
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During the premiere, Parker and Stone celebrated the deal by allocating wide chunks of the episode to criticizing Paramount for those appeasements.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 2025
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This should prove to Mayor Adams and other state and city leaders that no amount of appeasement is going forestall the the targeting from Trump.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
28 July 2025
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By Tuesday afternoon, Aztecs players and coaches — and fans — could breathe a collective sigh of relief.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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July ended slightly above average, but nowhere nearly as hot as last year, the second-warmest July on record. Record-breaking heat is bearing down on Phoenix again, with dangerously high temperatures climbing past 110 degrees and little chance of relief from the monsoon in sight.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Mitigation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mitigation. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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