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This week's word in the news: MITIGATION
DEFINITION:
The action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.
FOUND IN THE NEWS:
But after years of record investment by the state in such wildfire risk mitigation, two key money sources are drying up, potentially reducing the state’s annual budget for vegetation removal by hundreds of millions of dollars.
►The Los Angeles Times -- 06/01/2026
