minimize
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Since then, the aquarium has done its best to minimize disruptions and emulate natural conditions for two clutches whose journey thus far has been anything but routine.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
This stabilization becomes especially noticeable at higher speeds, when the snakes tend to hold their heads elevated and minimize upward and downward movements.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
They shouldn’t go to regional plants, which the Postal Service says should minimize delays.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
Swapping out the CEO can be incredibly disruptive and most private-equity firms want to minimize the ripple effects it can create for the rest of the C-suite.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
Hinted at the gravity of the so-called “trauma of decanting,” and enumerated the precautions taken to minimize, by a suitable training of the bottled embryo, that dangerous shock.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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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
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
Among the many advantages of selective spraying is the fact that it minimizes the amount of chemical applied to the landscape.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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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
"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
“The fastball was good, slider was good, used the curveball, minimized hits.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
He was, he writes, an “incorrigible satisficer” who minimized small decisions because “searching for the best can only dissipate scarce cognitive resources.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
The Yahoo mail page was minimized, next to a page about college basketball.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Without minimizing the scariness of war, it’s time for a hard pivot.
From Slate ● Oct. 30, 2026
Their findings, published in Nature Communications, could guide the development of safer statins that maintain their cholesterol-lowering benefits while minimizing muscle damage.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 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
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
Pollard had delivered a masterpiece of reinsmanship, avoiding the traps and saving ground while minimizing his run along the boggy rail.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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