How to Use optimize in a Sentence

optimize

verb
  • The new system will optimize the efficiency with which water is used.
  • There are ways to optimize and to train smarter.
    Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025
  • All of us are trying to optimize our body.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 20 Feb. 2026
  • For years Williams optimized her time to serve her body’s needs.
    Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Google says apps are now better optimized for the screens with this change.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Simplify and optimize your goals by nails two birds with one stone.
    Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Leaders have to resist the urge to optimize for clicks alone.
    Rod Yancy, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • On top of that, the process was poorly managed or optimized.
    Lauren Newman, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • Your legal team optimizes to win the case, but your brand doesn’t live in a courtroom.
    Roger Dooley, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • That said, there are small ways to optimize your sun protection.
    Macaela MacKenzie, Allure, 17 June 2022
  • What Oura maybe showed me was a little bit down the path of how to optimize for sleep.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Ahead, some of the top skin experts in the business share their tips on how to optimize the eyes.
    Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Metrics are meant to be optimized.
    Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • The chair is optimized for improved posture and has a quick setup.
    Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Most businesses use a mix of channels and optimize them over time.
    Thasunda Brown Duckett, Essence, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Your old playbook was about optimizing the known.
    Ajay Pundhir, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • These spectators wanted to optimize the show, to hack it, to crack it.
    New York Times, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The work right now isn’t fixing or optimizing.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Legendary was in favor of the deal, which seemed to optimize the film’s value.
    New York Times, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Resilient systems are not just optimized for cost.
    Thomas Lim, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Coaches are paid to optimize their players’ talents and strengths to help teams win more games.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 12 June 2024
  • Each function optimizes its own piece, the handoffs break and the customer pays.
    Tracy Nolan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Your mission shouldn't just be to optimize pipelines.
    Shiva Krishna Kodithyala, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Some choices cannot be optimized, some losses can’t be avoided.
    Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • These systems are not optimized for inquiry.
    Eric Markowitz, Big Think, 23 Sep. 2025
  • How six elite runners use their minds to optimize what their bodies can do in training and racing.
    Outside Online, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Drill down to what really optimizes you.
    Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Many teams still optimize only their section.
    Thasha Batts, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Builds optimized for climbing morph into ones best for walking.
    Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The brands optimizing for content alone are solving a problem that was solved a decade ago.
    Jason Barnard, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2026

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