maximize
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Aschenbrenner grew interested in the ideas behind the philosophical movement, which aims to apply data and reason to maximize good in the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
He devoted nearly a fifth of his magnum opus to attacking the established quack system of mercantilism, which sought to maximize exports and minimize imports for the empty prize of a positive balance of trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
According to Spooner, Morgan wanted to bring in corporate sponsors and feature music genres outside of punk to generate more interest and maximize profits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
Professor Wright added: "We predict that honeybees have evolved to create glandular secretions which are the perfect food for their larvae, providing them with the ratios of essential amino acids that maximize growth."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
He imagines patients might be less likely to donate now: “They probably want to maximize their commercial possibilities just like everyone else.”
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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As the lines between podcasts, video and traditional talk shows have blurred, and every hot take gets clipped and spread across the internet, Charlamagne’s approach maximizes the current moment in media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Banana Ball is fast-paced, hilarious and maximizes fan engagement.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
This approach maximizes bandwidth efficiency and adapts to changes in signal quality.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2026
In its lawsuit, Anthropic said it was founded on the belief that its AI should be "used in a way that maximizes positive outcomes for humanity" and should "be the safest and the most responsible."
From Barron's ● Mar. 9, 2026
Intensive agriculture is much more productive but maximizes the land’s exposure.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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In this case, HP also raised prices, maximized the value of the inventory it already had, and tried to push demand to higher-margin products.
From Barron's ● May 29, 2026
Hopkinson told the Financial Times Business of Football Summit last month that Newcastle had not "maximized the opportunity before it".
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
“We have maximized our buy for these components from other sources as much as we could,” Ford COO Kumar Galhotra said on a call with analysts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025
Saxon maximized the disarming appeal of the snub-nosed monkey by giving his adorable Baby Ochi larger eyes and ears.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
But conventional agriculture focuses on maximized yields through high plant densities.
From Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway by Steve Solomon
“You’re just reaching the next level, you know? You’re maximizing your character.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
This trade-off almost always falls on the side of maximizing your reach and volume.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Thompson has proven that so far in Chargers training camp, sprinting around defenders and maximizing his 5-foot-9, 170-pound frame in passing drills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
As for the remaining 40% of couples surveyed, they don’t appear to be coordinating, but they also don’t lose money because of it, perhaps for reasons such as both of them maximizing their match.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Regiomontanus’s procedure for measuring parallax ideally involved comparing the apparent position of a celestial object soon after dark with its apparent position not long before dawn, thus maximizing the parallax to be measured.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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