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maximize

[mak-suh-mahyz] / ˈmæk səˌmaɪz /




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“One of the things that chemical engineers spend a lot of time doing and learning about is how to maximize profit,” Chowdhury said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

About half of those companies actively encourage employees to maximize their AI usage, while 22% have limits or controls to manage spending.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Foreign economic policy should maximize growth and competitiveness, both in the U.S. and for American companies doing business internationally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

“How you can ... maximize those four guys. And I do think with those four guys, it doesn’t matter the opponent, so that’s not a variable.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 26, 2026

“I try to maximize my rest so that I can be at my best for my education, and what does she do? Complain, complain, complain.”

From "George" by Alex Gino

Regardless of whether the settlement maximizes California’s immediate economic benefits, the states’ ability to delay the transaction and force concessions is presented as a lasting institutional gain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Keeping the dollar as the world’s reserve currency maximizes American buying power globally, meaning Americans buy more from other countries for less.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

This approach maximizes bandwidth efficiency and adapts to changes in signal quality.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 2, 2026

This increases the odds you itemize, clears the future AGI floor, and maximizes deductions while the rules are more favorable.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026

Intensive agriculture is much more productive but maximizes the land’s exposure.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“You want to be the highest water user in that building because then you have maximized your investment.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Foulkes said Mercury replaced some metal components with composite or polymer materials, and came up with aluminum alloys that maximized strength while remaining relatively lightweight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

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

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

“If you have access to a health savings account, consider maximizing those contributions as well,” said Taylor, “as they can provide tax benefits today and in retirement.”

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

“We’re coming up with new ways on how to improve and maximizing potential,” Anderson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 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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