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maximize

[mak-suh-mahyz] / ˈmæk səˌmaɪz /




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To bridge such gaps, Gates outlined three building blocks to try to maximize the benefits of AI.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

“If the older spouse has a higher benefit, I’ll normally recommend they wait as long as possible, up to age 70, to maximize survivor benefits,” said Matt Shumaker, an adviser based in Boston.

From MarketWatch Sep. 14, 2026

“Know your audience,” goes the old line, a maxim to maximize a speaker’s effectiveness.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

“The memory constraints and inflation that’s happened across the board indicates that Apple is really looking at the premium SKUs to try to maximize revenue and somewhat protect their margins,” Naranjo told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch Sep. 7, 2026

“I try to maximize my rest so that I can be at my best for my education, and what does she do? Complain, complain, complain.”

From "George" by Alex Gino

Another lesson: Picking an unshaded, south-facing surface in a yard or on a roof maximizes energy production through the day.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

Banana Ball is fast-paced, hilarious and maximizes fan engagement.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2026

This approach maximizes bandwidth efficiency and adapts to changes in signal quality.

From Science Daily Apr. 2, 2026

“The WBD Board has been guided by the singular principle of securing a transaction that maximizes the value of our iconic assets and delivers as much certainty as possible to our shareholders,” Warner Bros.

From MarketWatch Mar. 26, 2026

Intensive agriculture is much more productive but maximizes the land’s exposure.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

In this case, HP also raised prices, maximized the value of the inventory it already had, and tried to push demand to higher-margin products.

From Barron's May 29, 2026

The effect of clipping is context collapse maximized to further a hasty impression of a vaguely famous person.

From Slate May 6, 2026

The closest connection between our rankings and the companies that maximized compound return is 20th-place Exxon Mobil, a direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

Hopkinson told the Financial Times Business of Football Summit last month that Newcastle had not "maximized the opportunity before it".

From BBC Mar. 23, 2026

Each side minimized its own and maximized the enemy's.

From The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 by William Charles Henry Wood

This trade-off almost always falls on the side of maximizing your reach and volume.

From Slate Aug. 19, 2026

“If you have access to a health savings account, consider maximizing those contributions as well,” said Taylor, “as they can provide tax benefits today and in retirement.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

He has emphasized his focus on maximizing shareholder value and has said the company should look at “optimizing our portfolio,” sometimes seen as Wall Street code for selling parts of the business.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

“We’re coming up with new ways on how to improve and maximizing potential,” Anderson said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

Regiomontanus’s procedure for measuring parallax ideally involved comparing the apparent position of a celestial object soon after dark with its apparent position not long before dawn, thus maximizing the parallax to be measured.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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