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maximize

[mak-suh-mahyz] / ˈmæk səˌmaɪz /




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India’s policies have also contributed to talent flight toward countries viewed as more likely to give the gifted and ambitious a chance to maximize their potential.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

If you want to maximize those deals, you want to offer networks and streaming services certainty.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The moves were meant to reshape the roster to maximize superstar Luka Doncic, who will take the reins with the departure of LeBron James.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

Now let’s say you decided to wait until age 70 to maximize your Social Security retirement benefits.

From MarketWatch Jul. 3, 2026

The curriculum was extremely quantitative, focused on figuring out how to maximize benefits and minimize costs, without much concern for what those benefits achieved and the costs created.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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

The bank forecasts sales of $2 billion by 2027, but says the number could be as high as $6 billion so long as Novo maximizes its head start over its closest rival.

From Barron's Jan. 16, 2026

It’s also your money, and you have earned the right to use it in a way that maximizes the positive impact for your loved ones, which, of course, gives you pleasure too.

From MarketWatch Jan. 8, 2026

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

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

Sending those ships on repeat voyages with quick turnaround times maximized the amount of crude they could get out of Hormuz.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 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

Before getting into chatbots, Liang worked as a skilled quantitative trader who maximized his financial returns with the help of sophisticated algorithms.

From Slate Jan. 31, 2025

Each side minimized its own and maximized the enemy's.

From The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 by Wood, William Charles Henry

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

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Their focus would be on the role of nutrition—as well as exercise, sleep and other interventions—in maximizing a person’s “healthspan,” or the period of life spent in good health.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

Parents who own businesses can hire their children as employees, maximizing the years the IRA funds can compound, which gives them a powerful head start on building a retirement nest egg.

From MarketWatch Jun. 26, 2026

Rather than buying AI stocks, investors can create “synthetic stock” that risks less money while maximizing gains.

From Barron's Jun. 24, 2026

To judge from their behavior, all the rating agencies worried about was maximizing the number of deals they rated for Wall Street investment banks, and the fees they collected from them.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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