In a sentence
Six example sentences with maximising, each labelled with its topic.
A maximising rule tells you to pick whichever action leaves the most people better off, which many thinkers reject.
Philosophy
The maximising approach to timber yield stripped the ridge bare, and the river below carried mud for years.
Environment
A maximising strategy chases the highest return available each quarter and ignores how badly one bad month can hurt.
Finance
A profit-maximising firm keeps hiring until the last worker adds exactly as much revenue as they cost.
Economics
The growth team's maximising mindset pushed signups to a record, but half those users never opened the app again.
Startups
A maximising program adds weight every single session, which works for a month and then leaves most lifters worn out.
Fitness
Study maximising until you keep it
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