as in maximum
being the highest possible
The group wanted their performance to have the maximal amount of impact.
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Recent Examples of maximal
These high-tech chambers lessen the oxygen in the air, enclose you in freezing temperatures, or vibrate your body—all in the alluring name of maximal training and recovery.
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Chelsey Stone, Outside, 26 Dec. 2025
In the beginning of Big Fiction, there were encyclopedic novels and mega-novels and then maximal novels.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
To develop his universal fragmentation law, Villermaux combined the principle of maximal randomness with the conservation law.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 29 Nov. 2025
In my desperate, Millennial desire for maximal productivity, no app compares to an old-fashioned paper planner.
—The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2025
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Chelsey Stone, Outside, 26 Dec. 2025
In the beginning of Big Fiction, there were encyclopedic novels and mega-novels and then maximal novels.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
To develop his universal fragmentation law, Villermaux combined the principle of maximal randomness with the conservation law.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 29 Nov. 2025
In my desperate, Millennial desire for maximal productivity, no app compares to an old-fashioned paper planner.
—The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maximal
Adjective
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DuPage County prosecutors asked for the maximum sentence of 14 years in prison at his sentencing hearing on Monday, but Judge Ann Celine O'Hallaren Walsh sentenced him to nine years.—
Todd Feurer,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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As Sam Stolton reports, the development could — if Google is eventually found to be non-compliant with the rules — pave the way for potential fines as high as 10% of global annual sales, though Brussels regulators seldom levies the maximum penalties.—
Suzanne Lynch,
Bloomberg,
27 Jan. 2026
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Exploring an eager case of codependency, and later on, a heartbreaking instance of growing apart, a film like this requires utmost chemistry between the co-leads, an occasion Duggan and Clear rise to with ease.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2026
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Efficiency is of utmost value in a capitalist world where growth and productivity are the primary motivations for anything.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
23 Jan. 2026
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“Maximal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maximal. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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