mitigate

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The pattern emerging from the 2025 unicorn class suggests a clear investment framework — following this path will mitigate risk and provide greater potential for return on investment:

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

We will employ activism as a risk-management tool to mitigate the downside that such unfriendliness can create.

From Barron's • Apr. 16, 2026

Hassett said the U.S. had taken steps to mitigate the price spike, including releasing oil from its strategic petroleum reserve, and he noted that China may do the same.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Analyst Owen Birrell estimates the Australian airline’s efforts to mitigate A$700 million of additional second-half fuel costs should limit the earnings hit to between A$450 million and A$500 million.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The fact that our lack of care and concern may have been, at times, unintentional or unconscious does not mitigate our crime—if we refuse, when given the chance, to make amends.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander