Third-person singular simple present indicative form of militate.(verb)
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Use "militates" in a sentence
"Chris wonders if this kind of trigger response is part of a risk averse bias which in general terms militates against innovation …"
"But when folks are hurting from job losses, and political sentiment militates against "outsiders," people stop acting rational."
"Gandhi's first Great Fast—undertaken despite his belief that hunger strikes were "the worst form of coercion, which militates against the fundamental principles of non-violence"—was launched in 1932 to prevent Untouchables from having their own reserved seats in any future Indian parliament."