as in maximum
being the highest possible
The group wanted their performance to have the maximal amount of impact.
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Yet, while Taft’s cabinet streamlined their departments and strived for maximal efficiency, that didn’t necessarily mean reducing the size of bureaucracy.
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Laura Ellyn Smith / Made By History, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
The Summary The recent flurry of solar storms suggests the sun is in a period of maximal activity as part of its 11-year cycle.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
The new study had 17 volunteers complete an incremental cycling test to exhaustion, lasting roughly ten minutes, with and without a series of five maximal breath-holds with face submerged in water at 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
Blurry is maximal minimalism: nearly 500 pages of characters discovering themselves and their (blurry) connections to each other and the world.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Laura Ellyn Smith / Made By History, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
The Summary The recent flurry of solar storms suggests the sun is in a period of maximal activity as part of its 11-year cycle.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
The new study had 17 volunteers complete an incremental cycling test to exhaustion, lasting roughly ten minutes, with and without a series of five maximal breath-holds with face submerged in water at 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
Blurry is maximal minimalism: nearly 500 pages of characters discovering themselves and their (blurry) connections to each other and the world.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Maximal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maximal. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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