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adjective

maximizing

making as great as possible

In a sentence

Six example sentences with maximizing, each labelled with its topic.

  • A firm maximizing short term profit may skip the maintenance that keeps its factories running for another decade.

    Economics

  • Maximizing your squat total in one session rarely helps, since recovery decides how much you can lift next week.

    Fitness

  • Maximizing the sensor's dynamic range means exposing for the sky and lifting the shadows carefully afterward on the computer.

    Photography

  • A return maximizing strategy ignores how badly you sleep, which is why advisers ask about risk before picking funds.

    Finance

  • The scheduler is a throughput maximizing algorithm, so a short job can wait behind a long one for hours.

    Technology

  • The coach's possession maximizing style means quick shots and full court pressure, and the team leads the league in pace.

    Basketball

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