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“This weapon might help minimize corruption but with collateral damage,” John F. Hulpke, a professor at University College Dublin, wrote in the Journal of Management Inquiry in 2017.

From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2026

“We’re not going to stop it. But maybe we can minimize the negative impact,” she says.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

Construction is expected to begin this year, trying to minimize impact on normal campus activities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026

To minimize risks, the leakers “confined themselves to publishing highly suggestive posts that, in themselves, did not cross any obvious legal line.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

“Right now, all I want to do is minimize any risks, to make sure no one will be harmed.”

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Ms. Southon rightly appreciates that manumission was a tool of slave-owners’ power, but she excessively minimizes how common it was.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

It minimizes your role in your marriage and in your life, and it attempts to put you in a box.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 6, 2026

Los Azules has promised to use an extraction method that minimizes water use.

From Barron's ● May 23, 2026

But the new study’s “premise that the majority of disappearances are voluntary absences minimizes the responsibility of the state,” concluded the Miguel Agustín Pro Juárez Center for Human Rights.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026

The view of the Pirate’s Den minimizes to a smaller screen in the corner of my vision, one that will appear over the center of my view whenever I glance down at it.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

And women’s contributions were often minimized by putting the focus elsewhere.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

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

True abuse must never be minimized, and victims deserve safety.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 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

But I guess that’s just the cycle that comes with dating—time spent with best friends is minimized and you get this whole new life they’re not always a part of.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

One possibility the team is especially interested in is using the technology aboard satellites, where minimizing size, weight and power consumption is particularly important.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

The arrangement was aimed at minimizing the number and cost of change orders, which are the bane of construction projects.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

Wealth advisers want more investment options to meet their clients’ specific purposes, including protecting against market drops, paying out more regular income and minimizing tax bills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

“Retirement planning isn’t about minimizing taxes this year, it’s about minimizing taxes over your lifetime,” said Easton Price, a certified financial planner at Prosperity Wealth Planning.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026

“I’m not minimizing the wrong that’s being done here. I just...”

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler