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optimize

[op-tuh-mahyz] / ˈɒp təˌmaɪz /


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“This decision will optimize our store network and allocate resources more effectively to better serve our customers,” the company said in an email.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

"Our next goal is to optimize the body design to enable faster swimming," Raman says.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Fuller said the increased offer price doesn’t reflect the business’s organic growth momentum and its growth potential from the company’s broader efforts to optimize its footprint and focus on its highest-margin segments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Wrongful termination claims in the tech world are common immediately preceding large funding rounds as investors seek to optimize financial metrics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

He taught her how to tell time and direction from the stars, and she showed him how to open the expert software in the boards to optimize them for night travel.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld

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

He’s the 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

With the gel structure optimized and the muscle cells strengthened, the researchers assembled their swimming device.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Slack, Instagram, Netflix, ChatGPT and others are optimized to take advantage of the larger inner screen, as well, of course, as Apple’s own apps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

The company recently bought a large portfolio of 800 MHz spectrum, and got approval from the FCC to launch 15,000 satellites optimized for global 2GHz spectrum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Although the nightjar is built to handle long migrations, its wings are not perfectly optimized for efficient flight at higher speeds.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 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

“That means tracking performance, rebalancing when needed, and optimizing returns, which shouldn’t be measured in dollars alone,” said Jonathan Hillman, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Now, on to the task of optimizing as much as you can.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

The term is less a description of any particular food than a prediction about what happens when the people optimizing a restaurant become increasingly distant from the people cooking in it.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

“David is optimizing for HBO stability as we move into this next chapter, and I fully support that.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 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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