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minimize

[min-uh-mahyz] / ˈmɪn əˌmaɪz /


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“In building any new facilities, we want to carefully look at those impacts and minimize them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Each effort to minimize the story has amplified it.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

A revised scheme might do several things at once: minimize the visual impact on the executive residence itself, decrease the addition’s height, and shrink its footprint to preserve the axis to the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Beth Pinsker writes the Fix My Portfolio problem, which typically features advice on retirement planning, long-term investing and strategies to minimize federal income taxes.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Second that she didn’t have the sense to minimize the ugliness.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez




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