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to make as great as possible in amount or degree
The magazine contained tips to maximize the effect of a workout.
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Recent Examples of maximizing
Artificial intelligence—a productivity-maximizing tool to some and an untamable threat to others—has asked similar questions of the social contract in the 21st century, and the optimists appear to be winning the day.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Regularly promoting the benefits of having a financial wellness program and measuring its outcomes is necessary for maximizing its value, attracting and retaining talent and demonstrating its return on investment.
—Dr. Melissa Weathersby, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
All of this means that, as Powell conceded at the annual Jackson Hole summit, the Fed’s dual mandate of ensuring price stability and maximizing employment may be skewing toward prioritizing jobs for the first time in half a decade.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Like many of my favorite picks, these boots also utilize a wide toe box, minimizing blisters and maximizing comfort.
—Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025
According to our Homestead Experience Coordinator, these bespoke technologies were programmed just for us, maximizing the benefits of our changing climate and our reshaped biomes, all while taking the messy human guesswork out of relocation and resettlement.
—Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
View gallery - 11 images The Ochoco tiny house is focused on maximizing comfort.
—New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
Utilities, energy companies, and grid operators need to shift their focus from maximizing energy output to prioritizing improvements that will lower prices and increase reliability for consumers.
—Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
Monochrome’s new solar panel system is less focused on maximizing electricity generation and more on making solar power an integral, aesthetically pleasing part of a building’s design.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Regularly promoting the benefits of having a financial wellness program and measuring its outcomes is necessary for maximizing its value, attracting and retaining talent and demonstrating its return on investment.
—Dr. Melissa Weathersby, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
All of this means that, as Powell conceded at the annual Jackson Hole summit, the Fed’s dual mandate of ensuring price stability and maximizing employment may be skewing toward prioritizing jobs for the first time in half a decade.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Like many of my favorite picks, these boots also utilize a wide toe box, minimizing blisters and maximizing comfort.
—Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025
According to our Homestead Experience Coordinator, these bespoke technologies were programmed just for us, maximizing the benefits of our changing climate and our reshaped biomes, all while taking the messy human guesswork out of relocation and resettlement.
—Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
View gallery - 11 images The Ochoco tiny house is focused on maximizing comfort.
—New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
Utilities, energy companies, and grid operators need to shift their focus from maximizing energy output to prioritizing improvements that will lower prices and increase reliability for consumers.
—Brian Deese, Foreign Affairs, 9 Sep. 2025
Monochrome’s new solar panel system is less focused on maximizing electricity generation and more on making solar power an integral, aesthetically pleasing part of a building’s design.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maximizing
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By inserting an extra biochemical cycle into a model plant, the researchers boosted growth, seed yield, and fat production without increasing water demand.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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An increasing number of boys are lonely, isolated and confused, wrestling with the aftermath of the #MeToo movement and the expectations of rigid masculinity, which has been widely characterized as toxic.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
13 Sep. 2025
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The coming flyby allows the chance for spacecraft to get up close and observe how interactions with Earth's gravitational field and magnetosphere influences and changes Apophis, boosting our understanding of asteroid physics.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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The active damping system, the company said, increases off-road speed while boosting gunners’ hit probability and extending the life of subsystems.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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What makes OutRival unique is its commitment to augmenting human capacity rather than cutting corners.—
AJ Thomas,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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That product was built from the ground up around AI and was possible only because of AI, as opposed to augmenting an existing product with AI.—
Sage Lazzaro,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, Russia’s growing military ties with North Korea – capped with the signing of a mutual defense treaty last year – have raised concerns that in exchange for arms and troops, Putin may assist Pyongyang in enhancing its missile technology and nuclear weapons delivery systems.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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While primarily designed for high availability, this also means data and operations are protected against localized security events or attacks, enhancing data integrity and system uptime even under duress.—
Khash Kiani,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Maximizing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maximizing. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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