Minimize

//ˈmɪn.ɪ.maɪz//

"Minimize" in a Sentence (19 examples)

It may be impossible to get a completely error-free corpus due to the nature of this kind of collaborative effort. However, if we encourage members to contribute sentences in their own languages rather than experiment in languages they are learning, we might be able to minimize errors.

A new initiative strives to minimize the number of accidents.

I want to minimize the chances of another accident.

I want to minimize the chances of another incident.

One can easily characterize a majority of the energy and power subcommittee members as nincompoops — scientific illiterates who spread misinformation crafted by oil and coal companies in order to minimize the significance of global climate change.

Please drive slowly near sensitive habitats such as kelp forests and bird rookeries to minimize disturbance.

Mitigation and adaptation activities can be considered complementary strategies—mitigation efforts can reduce future risks, while adaptation can minimize the consequences of changes that are already happening as a result of past and present greenhouse gas emissions.

We need to minimize the risk of infection.

Shaffer said any non-native species that is introduced would have to be carefully picked to minimize the risk of causing harm to the existing wildlife population in the city and beyond.

Is there anything we can do to minimize the risk?

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We have to minimize the budget.

Try to minimize your biases.

Terry, author of the indispensable Terry's Guide to Mexico, has a name for it – atrabiliousness. "The defect of many of the murals," he says, speaking of those in the orphan asylum, "is the facial atrabiliousness of some of the subjects. To the observer it minimizes the grandeur of the conception […]"

For accurate stopping, the drive must incorporate means for minimizing inertia overdrift.

One way to minimize or mitigate the copycat effect is to deemphasize the perpetrator and deglorify the violence in real and fictional stories.

The insurance adjuster tried to minimize the extent of the damage to lessen the company's exposure to liability.

I didn't close anything, but I minimized all the windows so I could see the desktop.

[…] father who had never openly minimized him or anything he did […]

to minimize someone's feelings

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