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optimize

[op-tuh-mahyz] / ˈɒp təˌmaɪz /


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Wrongful termination claims in the tech world are common immediately preceding large funding rounds as investors seek to optimize financial metrics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“While profitability is important for us, we’re not going to optimize for it at the detriment of top-line growth,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

"Inside the body, we can't do that post-manufacturing quality control, so we really needed to optimize the approach upfront to avoid altering any other cells."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

The company competes in a “very fragmented space,” is more than double the size of its next biggest competitor and has been using AI to optimize pricing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

He taught her how to tell time and direction from the stars, and she showed him how to open the expert software in the boards to optimize them for night travel.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

He expects Nestlé’s revenue growth to reaccelerate as it optimizes its portfolio around areas like coffee and pet care.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

It automates high-frequency trades on Wall Street, optimizes global supply chains and powers the algorithms behind digital advertising.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Mattel said the job cuts are part of an effort to save money as the company optimizes for growth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2026

To Joel Lewenstein, head of product design at Anthropic, AI slop is “generic content, undifferentiated content — something that optimizes for volume and passive consumption over everything else.”

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 29, 2025

Such a structure is generated by the technological implementation of the brain, and it optimizes the activity of the brain in a section of the external reality.

From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Dorin Teodor Moisa

The findings challenge the assumption that birds traveling enormous distances must have wings optimized primarily for efficient long-distance flight.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

Although the nightjar is built to handle long migrations, its wings are not perfectly optimized for efficient flight at higher speeds.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

This is the problem with imagining hospitality as another task that can be optimized.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Do all of our daily tasks need to be optimized for efficiency?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The members decided to fund two machines of different sizes, each optimized to produce different particles; the only question left was which lab would build which machine.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

As a result, brands are optimizing their content to be discovered through different stages of AI browsing.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

“David is optimizing for HBO stability as we move into this next chapter, and I fully support that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

“If an agent is optimizing 24/7,” Ryan added, “does that remove latent cash in the system?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Eggleston, a professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering with expertise in geochemistry, will lead work focused on understanding and optimizing the chemical reactions involved in breaking down and rebuilding silicate materials.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

The White House, one learns, operates with the express purpose of optimizing the well-being, efficiency, and overall power of one person—and that’s the president.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama


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