maximal

Example Sentences

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Maybe it’s the attendant pressure to capitalize—to self-promote and monetize the moment for maximal impact.

From The Wall Street Journal

But that moment of maximal British-American political parallel was also, as it happens, the moment when the parallel began to break down.

From Salon

Upon entering, however, you discover that the house is really a sequence of staged sensations in which detail has been fine-tuned for maximal theatrical effect.

From The Wall Street Journal

According to the study, "excessive heat, with maximal temperatures exceeding 40°C, can reduce colony populations by impairing the thermoregulation of brood or by exposing adults to temperatures that shorten their lifespans."

From Science Daily

They align with long-standing American taste preferences, ones that are resurfacing in a moment of maximal nostalgia.

From Salon