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
The long pants also feature breezy wide legs that won’t minimize your mobility.
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Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026
The lightweight gel-serum feels silky, cooling, and simply delightful to apply, with a softly blurred finish that helps minimize the appearance of pores.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 8 May 2026
Once stationary, deactivate all lights except the hazard flashers, engage the emergency brake, and release the brake pedal to ensure your tail lights remain unlit, minimizing the chance of other drivers colliding with your stationary vehicle.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2026
Delta Counties Coalition pushes back But Newsom's remarks quickly drew criticism from the Delta Counties Coalition, which accused the administration of minimizing concerns from Delta communities that oppose the tunnel project.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 8 May 2026
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Taylor Fox, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2026
The lightweight gel-serum feels silky, cooling, and simply delightful to apply, with a softly blurred finish that helps minimize the appearance of pores.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 8 May 2026
Once stationary, deactivate all lights except the hazard flashers, engage the emergency brake, and release the brake pedal to ensure your tail lights remain unlit, minimizing the chance of other drivers colliding with your stationary vehicle.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2026
Delta Counties Coalition pushes back But Newsom's remarks quickly drew criticism from the Delta Counties Coalition, which accused the administration of minimizing concerns from Delta communities that oppose the tunnel project.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 8 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for minimize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minimize
Verb
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The court recommended that the petition be dismissed, and that the organizations be given one month to submit the employee lists.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Even the foundations of today’s artificial intelligence boom were laid by the NSF in the 1980s and 1990s, when neural networks were a backwater dismissed by mainstream computer science.—
Gautam Mukunda,
Twin Cities,
14 May 2026
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Successive presidential administrations have done little to diminish alcohol’s harms.—
Lev Facher,
STAT,
12 May 2026
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That evolution doesn’t diminish the importance of our core business.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
12 May 2026
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“Minimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minimize. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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