as in to improve
as in improve
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Recent Examples of optimize
Dolan’s key priorities have been optimizing financials and brand impact by making AMC hit content available as widely as possible — including through licensing to other companies, while also looking for opportunities for further streaming subscriber growth, as well as broad distribution.
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
Last year, the company unveiled its AI foundational model, DeepFleet, which coordinates the movement of all the robots within Amazon’s fulfillment network to optimize their navigation through the facilities and process customer orders faster.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2026
Here’s how to optimize a trip to Seoul and beyond if you’re plugged into K-pop culture — or want to be.
—Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Right now, Manager Kurt Suzuki and pitching coach Mike Maddux are clearly bending over backward to optimize matchups, rather than simply giving each pitcher a clean inning.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
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Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
Last year, the company unveiled its AI foundational model, DeepFleet, which coordinates the movement of all the robots within Amazon’s fulfillment network to optimize their navigation through the facilities and process customer orders faster.
—Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 30 Apr. 2026
Here’s how to optimize a trip to Seoul and beyond if you’re plugged into K-pop culture — or want to be.
—Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 30 Apr. 2026
Right now, Manager Kurt Suzuki and pitching coach Mike Maddux are clearly bending over backward to optimize matchups, rather than simply giving each pitcher a clean inning.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimize
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Columbia recruit improves career-record total to 791 strikeouts.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
4 May 2026
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Often, Bell wrote, desegregation turned out not to be the fastest or surest method to improve these children’s school experience.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The new thermal insulation material improves upon aerogel by enhancing its mechanical properties while maintaining moisture permeability and quick-drying performance.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Footwear News,
7 May 2026
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Saudi Aramco’s new supercomputer, meant to accelerate the search for new oil and gas deposits and enhance output from existing fields, costs $373 million.—
Matthew Martin,
semafor.com,
7 May 2026
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“Optimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optimize. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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