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Recent Examples of mitigation
Environmental review and public comment are among the few tools communities have to shape fire-mitigation projects.
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Tony Cheng, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
According to the study, communities including Chippewa Falls, Plover, Janesville and Trempealeau have spent more than $45 million on nitrate mitigation.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Once the acoustic system pinpoints a drone's location, troops can shoot it down themselves or use mitigation systems like Fortem Technologies' low collateral effect interceptor drone.
—Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
This year the county is spending money on mitigation and planning that FEMA and other federal agencies would normally help with.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
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Tony Cheng, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2025
According to the study, communities including Chippewa Falls, Plover, Janesville and Trempealeau have spent more than $45 million on nitrate mitigation.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 22 Sep. 2025
Once the acoustic system pinpoints a drone's location, troops can shoot it down themselves or use mitigation systems like Fortem Technologies' low collateral effect interceptor drone.
—Asher Redd, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
This year the county is spending money on mitigation and planning that FEMA and other federal agencies would normally help with.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mitigation
Noun
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Trends observed include increases in hot extremes and extreme single-day precipitation events, declines in cold extremes, regional shifts in annual precipitation, warming of the Earth's oceans, a decrease in ocean pH, rising sea levels, and an increase in wildfire severity.—
Connor Giffin,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Sep. 2025
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But as Idzik elaborated on Thursday, the decrease in play is a product of situational football — and far from a result of Renfrow’s play.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The guidelines might need revising, with a shift in focus away from strict prohibition toward balance and moderation.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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Here’s what seltzer water is, what other caveats to be mindful of and why moderation is still key.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Some of his targets have learned through bitter experience that preëmptive appeasement only opens the door to escalating demands.—
Inkoo Kang,
New Yorker,
19 Sep. 2025
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That led to the penny-wise, pound-foolish path of appeasement.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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That equality, and the diminishment of obvious markers—peculiar clothes, a strange language, obscure traditions—could be disturbing, and not just to conservative rabbis who saw their authority fading.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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In other words, if Congress doesn’t act, Social Security could soon be headed for diminishment — but not extinction.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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But the relief is short-lived, as the structures around Shibuya Crossing begin to implode.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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In terms of how the oral medicine works, JOURNAVX provides relief by blocking pain signals found in the periphery, not in the brain, like traditional opioids.—
Essence,
Essence,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Mitigation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mitigation. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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