maximize
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Using a tag-along provision secured during the sale to Walter, the five Buss siblings hope to maximize value for all six beneficiaries, including Jeanie, the new filing reports.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
If your husband is the higher-earning spouse, he may wish to wait before claiming to maximize survivor benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026
McDaniel is not only trying to rally his troops, but he’s also working to maximize his makeshift offensive line’s strengths.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 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
They wanted to maximize support for the shoulders, so the back of the chair was wider at the top than at the bottom.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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I asked them if there’s a ratio of assets to spending that maximizes the odds of a secure retirement—even if stock returns stink or you turn out to be Methuselah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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
“The WBD Board has been guided by the singular principle of securing a transaction that maximizes the value of our iconic assets and delivers as much certainty as possible to our shareholders,” Warner Bros.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 26, 2026
Intensive agriculture is much more productive but maximizes the land’s exposure.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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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
The Rams selected the diminutive-but-speedy receiver in the second round of the 2021 draft, but McVay, who is regarded as perhaps the best offensive mind in football, never fully maximized Atwell’s skill set.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
He is even not unwilling it shall pass if only the disaster to the country is maximized by Adult Suffrage.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 21 The Recent Days (1910-1914) by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
“We’re maximizing token usage probably every day,” Vilk said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
To illustrate the embryonic technology’s potential danger, Mr. Bostrom imagines a superintelligent machine that is given the objective of maximizing production of paper clips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
NASA’s Low Earth Orbit Program provides reliable access to space while maximizing research and development by partnering with private U.S. companies, including SpaceX, to transport astronauts to and from the International Space Station.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
This trade-off almost always falls on the side of maximizing your reach and volume.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 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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