maximize
IPA: mˈæksʌmaɪz
verb
- to make as large as possible
- (computing, graphical user interface) to expand (a window) to fill the main display area
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Examples of "maximize" in Sentences
- "maximize" - or qualify for - more federal money to pay for what the state needs.
- And at least Marvel explained it in real terms: it's a company, and it needs to "maximize" profits.
- It's not going to work because "take the existing biz and maximize" is the job for a direct marketer, or an ad guy, not an architect.
- Buyers of the calls maximize their profits if the stock jumps more than 20% to top $21 by the middle of next month, according to a report by Interactive Brokers.
- In addition, the winner, if it is not the current contractor, should "maximize" the use of current guards giving at least 50 percent of them the right to stay on if they want.
- I always open my Finder windows from one of, like, 5 places so as long as I open them, "maximize" them, then close them, they'll always open filling the screen, which is preferred.
- Time marches on, companies making money are always working a niche (sometimes a big monopolistic niche), and people doing well are always fighting to keep things the same (aka maximize their profit).
- A basic argument behind identifying happiness as the thing-to-maximize is that 1) everything that is good is good for someone and 2) the only things that are good for someone are that person’s experiences (although some utilitarians, like Richard, think that the thing-to-maximize is not happiness but something else, like desire-fulfillment).
- The second answer is, I believe, if you look at how much money we're spending on health care, if we can redirect a lot of the money that would be saved from administrative costs and from insurance overcharges per person because of the system we have, if we could do more preventive and primary health care, if we can, in short, maximize the money we're now spending and keep people like you in big pools, I believe there would be enough money to cover your care.
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