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Six example sentences with maximise, each labelled with its topic.
Farmers who maximise yield on the same acreage often exhaust the soil and pay for it three seasons later.
Economics
Defense counsel will maximise every gap in the timeline, and a single unaccounted hour can decide the verdict.
Law
The scheduler tries to maximise idle time on each core, so a background sync never wakes the whole machine.
Technology
The coach told the reserves to maximise their few minutes, treating every possession as if the final depended on it.
Basketball
To maximise a six hour layover, she rented a locker, took the train downtown, and ate lunch by the river.
Travel
Shoot at the end of the day to maximise the warm light, when shadows stretch and every surface gains texture.
Photography
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