noun
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It’s shorthand for “maximize” and is often used alongside a noun or a specific aspect of life that needs improving.
From Salon • May 7, 2026
The Spanish noun for them is “desaparecidos,” and English has adapted the word as “the disappeared.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2026
The species name populi is a Latin singular noun in the genitive case meaning "of the people."
From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2026
Mr. Burke eschews “terrorist” as a noun, because “I do not think reducing complex individuals to a single-word description is helpful.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
There’s no need to wave a magic wand over the noun soap and transmute it into an adjective just because of what it’s doing in this phrase.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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