minimize
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To minimize arm injuries, Little League instituted age-specific pitch-count caps and mandatory rest periods 20 years ago, but not all travel clubs abide by the rules.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
Their results suggest that the effort and restrictions required to minimize every glucose fluctuation could make it harder for some people to enjoy everyday activities.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
The legislation also attempts to minimize labor disruptions in key trade-focused parts of the economy like railways and ports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
By only including federal financial-aid recipients, the metric aims to minimize the influence that wealth and family connections can have on a student’s earnings.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
To minimize the president's pain as the train rocked and bumped along the tracks, this box was raised off the floor by boards supported by more cushions.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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Saylor’s answer was that his involvement minimizes risks and swings.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026
As for your dinner: Anyone who minimizes your agency — whether it’s a friend or an acquaintance who is selling you something — is to be avoided.
From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026
"Anyone who minimizes violence against women and girls is not voicing an isolated opinion, but revealing a complacent attitude toward abuse," the center said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
"By combining optical nonlinear sensing, which effectively minimizes background noise, with an amplification-free design, our method offers a distinct balance of speed and precision."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 16, 2026
Classic style minimizes abstractions, which cannot be seen with the naked eye.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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In the past year, six members of Congress have died in office, and while a couple were surprises, most of them had health issues they minimized or ignored until it was too late.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
Under the law of armed conflict, striking power infrastructure is permissible if it makes a concrete contribution to a military operation and the potential harm to civilians is minimized.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Sun reported her exit and minimized screen time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
"Strikingly, when this receptor was removed from the mice, the development of arterial plaques dropped significantly in some areas and disruptions to the gut microbiome were minimized."
From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026
As the only black student at Carroll College in tiny Waukesha, Wisconsin, Fuller struggled to talk and act in ways that minimized the distance between himself and his classmates.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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By recovering molecular evidence while minimizing damage to rare fossils, the methods could help researchers investigate ancient human relationships that have remained inaccessible through traditional genetic techniques.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
One alternative is always to buy slowly and in stages, minimizing the painful risk of buying right at the peak.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Terra Drone’s answer: Unmanned aerial vehicles that use radar, cameras and artificial intelligence to collide with hostile drones, minimizing the need for highly trained pilots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
One possibility the team is especially interested in is using the technology aboard satellites, where minimizing size, weight and power consumption is particularly important.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
As long as Woolf intended to win, there would have been nothing wrong with minimizing his winning margin.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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