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optimize

[op-tuh-mahyz] / ˈɒp təˌmaɪz /


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Younger adults or athletes may also want to test their balance to optimize sports performance.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

We’re all sitting at home sipping adaptogenic mushroom tonics, journaling our feelings and politely declining invitations to any event after 7 p.m. because we’d rather optimize our sleep scores than take a tequila shot.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

While in grad school, Roberts built a website called Fantastic Maps, teaching himself how to optimize the site so it would show up high in Google search results.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 8, 2026

These adaptations evolved to optimize energy storage and usage in environments with fluctuating food availability.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 2026

The university had a reputation for spawning world-class scientists exploring how to optimize use of technology in airplanes and in the military, in the tradition of Broadbent and Dr. Treisman.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

He expects Nestlé’s revenue growth to reaccelerate as it optimizes its portfolio around areas like coffee and pet care.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

It automates high-frequency trades on Wall Street, optimizes global supply chains and powers the algorithms behind digital advertising.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

Apple’s new CEO is a person who builds things, not one who optimizes supply chains.

From MarketWatch Apr. 21, 2026

Mattel said the job cuts are part of an effort to save money as the company optimizes for growth.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 13, 2026

Such a structure is generated by the technological implementation of the brain, and it optimizes the activity of the brain in a section of the external reality.

From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Dorin Teodor Moisa

DeepSeek, in turn, used a technique optimized by Moonshot to boost training efficiency and stability.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 21, 2026

"In the end, we optimized the conditions to a practical level and, under ambient temperatures, achieved PEG-modified cleaving efficiency above 91% at 50°C within just one to two hours," stated Inagaki, the study's first author.

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

Argentum AI’s CEO believes Nvidia chips retain at least 25% of their cost after five years and are optimized for inference.

From Barron's Jun. 23, 2026

It is curated, ranked, monetized and constantly optimized using first-party data that tracks what people watch, when they watch it and how they respond to ads.

From Salon Jun. 21, 2026

The members decided to fund two machines of different sizes, each optimized to produce different particles; the only question left was which lab would build which machine.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

And creators have been promised an environment free from the pressure of optimizing content for engagement.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

When it comes to fitness and longevity, cardio, strength training and stretching have long gotten the spotlight as the go-to approaches for optimizing our health span and lifespan.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

I didn’t realize that optimizing my travel points meant picking up a new hobby: constantly comparing prices on travel portals, which is where you redeem your credit-card points for plane tickets, hotels and experiences.

From MarketWatch Jul. 14, 2026

Future studies are expected to focus on orthotopic validation, optimizing dosing strategies, tracking nitric oxide activity over longer periods, and investigating the underlying mechanisms in additional central nervous system tumor models.

From Science Daily Jun. 27, 2026

Twin Cities job market analyst Kristine Jacobs pinpoints what she calls the “money taboo” as a major factor preventing workers from optimizing their earnings.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich



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