maximal
Example Sentences
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"Despite a maximal antibiotics regime, intubation, ventilation and intensive medical support, Rochester continued to deteriorate," the coroner said.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026
According to the study, "excessive heat, with maximal temperatures exceeding 40°C, can reduce colony populations by impairing the thermoregulation of brood or by exposing adults to temperatures that shorten their lifespans."
From Science Daily • Jan. 13, 2026
They align with long-standing American taste preferences, ones that are resurfacing in a moment of maximal nostalgia.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025
His own style, which is to say his mind, was compulsively metaphorical, gorgeously maximal, enough so to make him worry about “an implicit marvelling at myself as expressor.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
The problem, you realize, is that while you have been raised to speak quietly and little, the notions of where you come from and who you are need a maximal approach.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.