mitigate

In a sentence

Six example sentences with mitigate, each labelled with its topic.

• Holding bonds alongside stocks does not erase losses, but it can mitigate the damage of a sudden market drop.

  Finance

• Deep window recesses mitigate the afternoon heat, cutting the cooling bill of the tower by nearly a third.

  Architecture

• Planting willows along the bank will not stop flooding, though it should mitigate the erosion during spring runoff.

  Environment

• The judge agreed that the early apology helped mitigate the penalty, and the fine was cut by half.

  Law

• A second data center in another region mitigates the damage of an outage, though it cannot prevent one.

  Technology

• Extra padding under the court does not stop knee injuries, but it can mitigate how badly a bad landing hurts.

  Basketball

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