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Recent Examples of mitigation
The regulators’ report, as well as the company’s wildfire mitigation plan for this year, is scheduled to be considered by the state Public Utilities Commission at a Thursday meeting.
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Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Fire prevention and mitigation contractors also do work for insurance companies performing tasks to reduce fire risks, such as clearing undergrowth, trimming or removing trees near homes, and applying fire retardants.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2025
And the beginning of that rebuilding process is just the sheer environmental remediation, the mitigation, the removal of the debris from these neighborhoods.
—NBC News, 12 Jan. 2025
The Federal Bureau Of Investigation has warned users to be alert to the risk and recommended mitigation methods, including:
Install updates for operating systems, software and firmware as soon as they are released.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Fire prevention and mitigation contractors also do work for insurance companies performing tasks to reduce fire risks, such as clearing undergrowth, trimming or removing trees near homes, and applying fire retardants.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 14 Jan. 2025
And the beginning of that rebuilding process is just the sheer environmental remediation, the mitigation, the removal of the debris from these neighborhoods.
—NBC News, 12 Jan. 2025
The Federal Bureau Of Investigation has warned users to be alert to the risk and recommended mitigation methods, including:
Install updates for operating systems, software and firmware as soon as they are released.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for mitigation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mitigation
Noun
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Overall car sales are expected to drop as autonomous taxis reduce the need for personal ownership of cars, with a decrease in traditional revenues for automotive suppliers like Valeo.—
Sabbir Rangwala,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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These figures contrast with decreases of -0.9 percentage points in Colorado, -0.4 points in Minnesota and -0.3 points in Texas.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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And why does one guy with nothing to carry need a pickup truck and/or SUV? I’m ticked off that as a veteran public school teacher, school administrators are less concerned about academic rigor, and more concerned about parental appeasement.—
Ticked Off,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Jan. 2025
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Others like Mark Zuckerberg, who recently changed Meta’s policies on fact-checking in an apparent appeasement of the incoming administration (after previously suspending Trump’s Facebook account while Biden was in charge), changed their tune after Trump was elected.—
John Hyatt,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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Equinox has unveiled its new advertising campaign, and has cued up the artist Kenny Scharf for a project to help support relief efforts for victims of the L.A. wildfires.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
WWD,
26 Jan. 2025
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All ticket proceeds and donations will be distributed under the advisement of the Annenberg Foundation for short-term relief efforts and long-term initiatives to prevent future fire disasters throughout Southern California, according to the FireAid website.—
Andrew Torgan,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Mitigation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mitigation. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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