as in to dismiss
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
sore losers trying to minimize the other team's victory
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Recent Examples of minimize
New accessibility options include the ability to control the mouse with face gestures and to configure the keyboard to control the mouse and minimize unintentional typing.
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PC Magazine, 8 Nov. 2025
Aside from a few nods to the Marquis de Lafayette, most basic textbook histories of the Revolutionary War typically overlook, minimize, or erase its transnational scope and complexity.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Airlines are trying to minimize impacts on travelers, but Harteveldt compared the challenge to disassembling Humpty Dumpty without smashing him into 1,000 pieces.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Such companies can help maximize wealth, minimize taxes, and firms may have legitimate reasons to be secretive about who owns them.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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PC Magazine, 8 Nov. 2025
Aside from a few nods to the Marquis de Lafayette, most basic textbook histories of the Revolutionary War typically overlook, minimize, or erase its transnational scope and complexity.
—Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Airlines are trying to minimize impacts on travelers, but Harteveldt compared the challenge to disassembling Humpty Dumpty without smashing him into 1,000 pieces.
—Eve Chen, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Such companies can help maximize wealth, minimize taxes, and firms may have legitimate reasons to be secretive about who owns them.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
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On Wednesday, in documents obtained by Rolling Stone, a California superior court judge overseeing the lawsuit ruled in favor of Kardashian and the anti-SLAPP motion, effectively dismissing the other Cantu’s lawsuit, though the judge left open the possibility of an appeal.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
6 Nov. 2025
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This company’s approach to pest control begins with a philosophy that dismisses the business-as-usual assumptions.—
Malana VanTyler,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Not to diminish, but anybody can create their own AI characters, right?—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
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The institutions built to prevent such suffering are straining under the weight of geopolitical rivalries, eroding trust, and diminishing political will.—
ARIF HUSAIN,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Minimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minimize. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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