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Recent Examples of mitigation
Alison King, vice president of government affairs at Forescout, argued that organizations should prioritize risk mitigation over risk transfer.
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Heather Wishart-Smith,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
The fire is growing rapidly, but wind is driving the flames northeast away from Ouray into the Uncompahgre National Forest, according to the Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team, which took over mitigation efforts Monday evening.
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Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
1 July 2026
Extreme weather — and mitigation against it — will shape the future of competition between the US and China, two experts wrote in Foreign Affairs.
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J.d. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
30 June 2026
The project will also add north jetty improvements, conduct artificial reef mitigation and rubble clearing.
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Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
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Heather Wishart-Smith,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
The fire is growing rapidly, but wind is driving the flames northeast away from Ouray into the Uncompahgre National Forest, according to the Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team, which took over mitigation efforts Monday evening.
—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
1 July 2026
Extreme weather — and mitigation against it — will shape the future of competition between the US and China, two experts wrote in Foreign Affairs.
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J.d. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
30 June 2026
The project will also add north jetty improvements, conduct artificial reef mitigation and rubble clearing.
—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mitigation
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Despite the criticism Williams has received for her hiring practices, Beasley-Pittman noted a decrease in the city’s personnel budget growth.
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Yet, if investments in digital defense hit record highs every year, why doesn't corporate vulnerability decrease?
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Inflation is rising in the aftermath of the Iran war, having already gotten a boost from tariffs enacted last year, even as wage growth continues a longer-term moderation.
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Much has changed since the first biopic's release, with parent company Meta issuing controversial updates to its content moderation protocols and community standards across Facebook and Instagram.
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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.
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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.
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After a brief burst of good ratings results, CBS News is once against under a dark cloud of allegations of MAGA appeasement and corporate-overlord overreach.
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So was the England of 1939, which horrified Forster with its antisemitism and politics of Nazi appeasement.
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Opponents also warn of a diminishment in the competition for labor, as well as massive job loss.
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The result within a few years would be a diminishment of the role of the low tech one-to-one job counseling, as well as the mission and culture of the former Unemployment Offices.
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Aroldis Chapman set the major league record for relief strikeouts after rookie Jake Bennett yielded five hits while pitching into the eighth inning for the Boston Red Sox in a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
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Rodríguez said emergency economic measures will include relief funds for victims and temporary waivers on documentation and property registration fees to facilitate housing relocation.
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“Mitigation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mitigation. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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