Meanings
verbde-risk (third-person singular simple present de-risks, present participle de-risking, simple past and past participle de-risked)
present singular third person de-risks · participle present de-risking · participle past de-risked · past de-risked
- alternativeAlternative form of derisk
And so a number of countries are seeking to “de-risk” from America—to diversify supply chains, reduce dependency on American technology, and strengthen partnerships with other countries—in the same way America once pushed them to “de-risk” from China.
2025 September 22, Vivek Viswanathan, “The Art of the Decline”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2025
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “de-risk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/de-risk.
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