minimizes

verb

present tense third-person singular of minimize
as in dismisses
to express scornfully one's low opinion of sore losers trying to minimize the other team's victory

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Recent Examples of minimizes According to Augmental, MouthPad's custom design minimizes its impact on speech. — Jesse Watson , Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026 Early planning minimizes time spent renegotiating schedules and maximizes time supporting their child’s interests. — Rebecca L. Palmer, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 Yet a full 20 years after Obama was elected on a promise to break free of Bush’s legacy, policymakers keep getting sucked into the region by an incentive structure that makes the use of force attractive and minimizes its short-term costs. — Emma Ashford, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2026 Conduct yourself in a way that minimizes unnecessary harm to innocent people. — Jann Blackstone, Boston Herald, 9 Aug. 2026 Cooler weather also makes recovery much easier and minimizes post-treatment pigmentation. — Carlos Wolf, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026 This minimizes the risk of missing the seasonal reblooming window. — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 6 Aug. 2026 Investigators said California law requires utilities such as Southern California Edison to maintain electrical equipment in a manner that minimizes wildfire risk. — James Ward, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2026 Co-locating energy-intensive facilities near the generation source minimizes these long-distance delivery losses. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minimizes
  1. dismisses
  2. diminishes
  3. criticizes
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  • Democratic lawmakers demand investigations and an oversight visit, alleging dangerous conditions and poor treatment aboard the Lincoln, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismisses the reports as exaggerated and misrepresented.
    — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Rhaenyra also dismisses Mysaria, a wise move carried out in a very unwise manner, given the woman’s cunning.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of dismisses
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  • Screening cover diminishes, and the birds will almost always be in lowland covers that offer both security and food.
    — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026
  • When your nervous system becomes overwhelmed, your ability to access your best thinking, empathy, creativity and judgment diminishes.
    — Sharon A. Kuhn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of diminishes
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  • Summary Digital forensics expert Brett Shavers criticizes how non-practitioners increasingly dictate digital investigation processes, prioritizing administrative metrics over field realities.
    — Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Arendt criticizes these men but never says that the Jews were responsible for their own destruction.
    — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of criticizes

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