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Recent Examples of mitigation
Additionally, local and state agencies must adopt all feasible mitigation measures to reduce or eliminate those impacts, including the mitigation for greenhouse gas emissions.
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
april 22, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Ultimately, tackling pests from many angles, with multiple mitigation efforts used simultaneously, is what will prove most effective in keeping your garden pest-free this growing season.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Since then, Des Plaines has invested in sandbagging machines and other mitigation measures to better protect homes and businesses.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
The data center may need several other permits as well, Kelly said, including ones for air quality, stormwater management and wildlife mitigation.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
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Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
april 22, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Ultimately, tackling pests from many angles, with multiple mitigation efforts used simultaneously, is what will prove most effective in keeping your garden pest-free this growing season.
—Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Since then, Des Plaines has invested in sandbagging machines and other mitigation measures to better protect homes and businesses.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
The data center may need several other permits as well, Kelly said, including ones for air quality, stormwater management and wildlife mitigation.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Sun Sentinel, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mitigation
Noun
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According to new data from the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), there was a decrease in work zone crashes, deaths, and injuries in 2025.—
Tara Lynch,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Even small decreases in cognitive functioning may be associated with a higher risk of death.—
Doug Brugge,
The Conversation,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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For many people, shrimp is safe to eat in moderation.—
Carrie Madormo,
Verywell Health,
23 Apr. 2026
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While news outlets attempt to maintain civility in comment sections by various forms of moderation and by articulating policies of acceptable speech, moderating comments itself is a labor-intensive endeavor, and not all news outlets want to or can dedicate the necessary amount of resources to it.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
22 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Chinese diplomats and the foreign ministry say that their outreach in the region is aimed at building friendship and assisting countries with poverty alleviation, agricultural and economic development, and law and order.—
Didi Kirsten Tatlow,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2026
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Lillian Wald, the founder of public health nursing, was also a champion of women’s suffrage, poverty alleviation, and racial equality.—
Patrick Smith,
STAT,
27 Jan. 2026
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The film is a quiet yearning romance alongside an interrogation of Nazi appeasement, class, and duty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Apr. 2026
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This time, Trump’s pressure tactics are sparking resistance, not appeasement.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Literature’s loss of cultural authority is due in part to funding cuts, book bannings, and political attacks on higher education, but the overwhelming driver of its diminishment may be our own indifference.—
Charlie Tyson,
The Atlantic,
27 Apr. 2026
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Paradoxically, his quest for totality entailed a diminishment—of size, of scale, of material.—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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Doe is seeking damages exceeding $75,000, along with other punitive damages and other relief to be determined at trial.—
Lexi Nicklaus,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Apr. 2026
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When aid workers reached out to South Sudanese authorities with a request to deliver emergency relief, however, it was denied.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Mitigation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mitigation. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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