minimize
Example Sentences
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Some take on risky self-directed investments, while others are forced to minimize their retirement savings until they pay off other obligations.
An older relative gives annual gifts to minimize future estate taxes.
From MarketWatch
Beyond security concerns, authoritarian leaders often house senior officials on military bases or within walled compounds as a way of minimizing the possibility of a coup.
From Salon
While administration officials attempt to project control and minimize long-term impact, the immediate consequences are already being felt in global energy markets — and, increasingly, by consumers facing rising fuel costs.
From Salon
He has sought to minimize the role his alliance has played, saying people in Nice are indifferent to political labels.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
