maximize
verb
max·i·mize
ˈmak-sə-ˌmīz 
maximized; maximizing
1
: to increase to a maximum
2
: to make the most of
3
: to find a maximum value of
4
: to increase the size of (a window) to fill an entire computer screen
Examples of maximize in a Sentence
I rearranged the furniture to maximize the space in my small apartment.
This program will teach you how to maximize your strengths while minimizing your weaknesses.
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The coaches figured out the best way to use him to maximize his offensive strengths, generally in a sheltered role with Trevor van Riemsdyk.
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—Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 3 May 2025
But Mills and his colleagues have also spent the last four years working on ways to blur the lines between Disney’s linear and streaming properties in order to maximize audience potential for the company’s unscripted assets.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 2 May 2025
This modularity maximizes the use of not only equipment but space, shattering exercise barriers for the owners of even the smallest home gym setups.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 1 May 2025
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The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 May 2025
The post was a joke, and perhaps an effective one, maximizing the distance between Studio Ghibli’s tender, bittersweet, profoundly human ethos and the gleeful, dehumanizing viciousness that is Trump’s stock-in-trade.
—Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 3 May 2025
But Mills and his colleagues have also spent the last four years working on ways to blur the lines between Disney’s linear and streaming properties in order to maximize audience potential for the company’s unscripted assets.
—Josef Adalian, Vulture, 2 May 2025
This modularity maximizes the use of not only equipment but space, shattering exercise barriers for the owners of even the smallest home gym setups.
—Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for maximize
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“Maximize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maximize. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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maximize
verb
max·i·mize
ˈmak-sə-ˌmīz
maximized; maximizing
1
: to increase to a maximum
maximize profits
2
: to make the most of
maximize your opportunities
3
: to increase the size of (a window) to fill an entire computer screen
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