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Recent Examples of mitigation
The Senate bill will exempt an even broader range of projects from CEQA review, including segments of the high-speed rail and projects geared toward wildfire mitigation, water infrastructure and electric vehicle production, according to Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who led the bill.
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Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
In the early days of the war, the United States and its G-7 allies crafted sanctions and export controls that were thought to pack a powerful punch but in fact had so many mitigations built in that they were robbed of their full impact.
—Michael Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2025
But Ismaili said the deficit mitigation exercises over the past few years have made this increasingly difficult.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025
Ubuntu users who run a custom Linux kernel without Spectre GPU mitigations should keep the compute runtime level mitigations on, a spokesman for Ubuntu developer Canonical said.
—ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025
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Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
In the early days of the war, the United States and its G-7 allies crafted sanctions and export controls that were thought to pack a powerful punch but in fact had so many mitigations built in that they were robbed of their full impact.
—Michael Carpenter, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2025
But Ismaili said the deficit mitigation exercises over the past few years have made this increasingly difficult.
—Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025
Ubuntu users who run a custom Linux kernel without Spectre GPU mitigations should keep the compute runtime level mitigations on, a spokesman for Ubuntu developer Canonical said.
—ArsTechnica, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mitigation
Noun
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June also marked the largest sales drop across the three department stores, according to the data, with Saks seeing a 28 percent decrease in sales and Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf declining by 26 percent.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
8 July 2025
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While Sacramento County saw a 28.7% decrease in people experiencing homelessness from 2022 to 2024 according to the most recent Point-In-Time count, Ashby said the region requires a new approach to homelessness.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Yet Trump’s policy of appeasement toward Russia — an adversary — remains unaltered.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2025
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Only nine Democrats supported the measure, which some described as appeasement of the new Trump administration.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Temporary air conditioning units can provide relief from extreme heat, however these systems consume tremendous amounts of energy.—
Claire Poole,
Forbes.com,
13 July 2025
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And there is a clock to be watched that ticks down toward relief.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
12 July 2025
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“Mitigation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mitigation. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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