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Mismanagement by the bank and its depositors led to the bank’s failure: SVB ignored the tools that could have mitigated the risks of holding uninsured deposits.

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

Efforts to cultivate U.S. suppliers in recent years have mitigated some tariff pain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

The returns of Tony Gonsolin and Clayton Kershaw have mitigated the problem but only so much.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025

Evaporation at the Kakhovka Reservoir would have mitigated local warming, she says.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 3, 2024

The tone of the first was proud,—to defiance; we will see if applauses have mitigated the master's temper.

From The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol II. by Carlyle, Thomas