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maximize
verb as in inflate
verb as in overplay
Strongest matches
Strong matches
accent, accentuate, dramatize, hyperbolize, magnify, mug, overact, overdraw, overstress, overwork, stretch
Weak matches
blow out of proportion, get carried away, ham it up, labor at, lay it on thick, point up, show off
Example Sentences
In a podcast interview this year, he said that while conservative states generally try to limit the power of their attorneys general to “maximize freedom,” blue states have weaponized their offices.
Yaroslavsky’s alternative proposal calls for the city to regroup in four months on strategies for requesting new proposals for expanding the Convention Center, as well as other strategies to “maximize the site’s positive economic impacts.”
“Mitch has my full support and mandate to lead this team and to maximize our effectiveness and performance,” she wrote.
“But while I am here, I’m going to try to stay open-minded about what I have here and maximize that as much as I can.”
Its dual statutory goals are to maximize nationwide employment and protect the value of the U.S. dollar.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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