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Customs and Border Protection is considering border project adjustments “that would reduce its scope and avoid or minimize potential impacts,” the government said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026

These more supportive exit packages also help minimize the perception that tech companies see employees as disposable — a problem the industry has had in the past.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

To minimize this problem, physicists developed techniques known as "quantum nondemolition measurements," or QND.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

Buyouts can also minimize the hit to employee morale, by giving staffers some choice in the decision to leave.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

She showed him how to creep soundlessly forward, knees to the ground; pushing the bow out in front of her to minimize her movement, she took aim.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

This minimizes the risk of traumatization while putting the investigative focus where it belongs, which is on establishing the conduct of those accused.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

Turning off the faucet: Antiretroviral therapy doesn't eliminate HIV altogether, but it minimizes its ability to replicate.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026

It minimizes your role in your marriage and in your life, and it attempts to put you in a box.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 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

Slash-and-burn minimizes the time in which the ground is unprotected.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

And women’s contributions were often minimized by putting the focus elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

But it also suggests that viewers are mature enough to absorb the tougher truths omitted from Wilder’s original vision, as well as the roles of others who were minimized, like Sims’ good doctor.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 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 a result, some of the worst threats have gone unanswered, or been minimized, or been swept aside under the banner of “free speech.”

From Slate ● May 12, 2026

While we were recuperating, Dad spent considerable time with us, but minimized our discomforts, and kept telling us we were just looking for sympathy.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

This approach allowed them to collect samples while minimizing damage to the valuable fossils.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

To be sure, in ways that violated various internal Defense Department policies, regulations, and standards as well as international rules about minimizing civilian casualties.

From Slate ● Nov. 10, 2026

Some foreign businesspeople have resorted to driving hundreds of miles between Gulf capitals to attend meetings in person while minimizing their exposure to airports.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

“Understanding how quickly that population is growing will help us think about things like minimizing traffic collisions,” Spasojevic said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 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