minimizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of minimize
as in dismisses
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 minimizes It's also supported by Nvidia's G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium, which also minimizes gameplay latency, ensuring responsive feedback. — George Yang, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026 The articles by Davidson and Craven in this sense exemplify a broader transphobic trend in the UK legacy media that minimizes or omits reference to the suffering of trans people. — Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026 The Camping House is designed to be installed using reversible anchoring and without traditional foundations, which minimizes its impact on the site. — New Atlas, 27 Sep. 2026 The sensitive-skin-friendly formula minimizes texture and leaves skin bouncy. — Ali Faccenda, InStyle, 22 Sep. 2026 The friction free surface reduces hair breakage and minimizes sleep wrinkles. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026 This minimizes how much light reaches the living sample and yet can capture the rapid cilia movement at high resolution. — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026 Apple says the finish also minimizes the visibility of the crease while giving the display a matte feel. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2026 This minimizes stigma and administrative burden for families while also maximizing efficiency for administration. — Mona Hanna, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minimizes
  1. dismisses
  2. diminishes
  3. criticizes
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  • If your team is afraid to name real weaknesses, or if leadership dismisses uncomfortable truths, the analysis won’t do what it’s meant to do.
    — Nancy Padberg, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Risks, but not existential ones Not everyone dismisses the risk quite so bluntly, though.
    — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of dismisses
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  • Pyrad works by instantaneously thickening when exposed to fire, forming a char that diminishes heat exposure, extinguishes flames, and decreases the risk of third-degree burns.
    — Derek Rose, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • By effectively raising the threshold in the playoffs, the NFL acknowledges that over-officiating diminishes the product and that marginal penalties should not decide its most important games.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of diminishes
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  • These days, the Ambassador has to handle a different set of challenges such as handling the fallout when the boss criticizes the British Prime Minister on social media.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
  • One candidate promises to lower gas and grocery prices and criticizes the incumbent for not doing so (as if politicians can control the market).
    — Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of criticizes

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