MINIMIZES Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

minimizes

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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

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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

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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
Subtracting LaMelo Ball and Miles Bridges somewhat diminishes the overall talent, but Charlotte wanted Miller and Knueppel to usher them into the next era.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026

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