maximize

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Parents “all want to maximize retirement accounts, HSA’s, 529s, have a robust emergency fund — and go on vacation,” he told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

Second, algorithms designed to maximize engagement amplify extreme content.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

As people get accustomed to the break, employers and workers might look for ways to maximize it, said Geoffrey Sanzenbacher, an economics professor at Boston College.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Both CalPERS and CalSTRS said that investment portfolios seek to minimize risk and maximize returns.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026

After each man, she updates her relative ranking of her suitors and wonders what rule she should follow in order to maximize her chances of choosing the best of her projected N suitors.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos