minimize

Try keeping them in a smaller space, like a crate, to minimize overstimulation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Our data centers should use nonpotable water and off-grid electricity from reliable sources and minimize their environmental footprint while lowering taxes and energy bills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

The ticking clock has set off a planning flurry as advisers help clients minimize the hit from ending deferrals that started as far back as 2018.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Goldberg painted Grant as the mastermind who, once caught, tried to minimize his involvement and turn over “a big fish” like Banks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

“Yeah, yeah,” Philbert said, making the final adjustments to minimize static.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz

The matte surface of the interior 7.6-inch screen minimizes reflections to hide it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

As for your dinner: Anyone who minimizes your agency — whether it’s a friend or an acquaintance who is selling you something — is to be avoided.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 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

Slash-and-burn minimizes the time in which the ground is unprotected.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

But it also suggests that viewers are mature enough to absorb the tougher truths omitted from Wilder’s original vision, as well as the roles of others who were minimized, like Sims’ good doctor.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 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

As a result, some of the worst threats have gone unanswered, or been minimized, or been swept aside under the banner of “free speech.”

From Slate ● May 12, 2026

As the only black student at Carroll College in tiny Waukesha, Wisconsin, Fuller struggled to talk and act in ways that minimized the distance between himself and his classmates.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Tokenized trading will also support traded companies seeking innovative ways to reach investors, while also easing the movement of assets between different corners of the market and minimizing “isolated pools of liquidity,” the exchange said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

Scientists would also need to establish an appropriate dose that provides benefits safely while minimizing the risk of harmful interactions with other medications.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

“Our team is dedicated to minimizing any adverse effects on voters, and we will work diligently to safeguard their ability to make their voices heard and ensure their votes are properly recorded,” Logan said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

Advisers say it’s important to look beyond minimizing taxes in a single year and instead focus on reducing your lifetime tax bill.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 8, 2026

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

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler