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Unlike Zach's maximal staging, Austin Playhouse offers a minimal one in which actor and storyteller Bernadette Nason plays 30 characters in 60 minutes.
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Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Dec. 2024
Yet, while Taft’s cabinet streamlined their departments and strived for maximal efficiency, that didn’t necessarily mean reducing the size of bureaucracy.
—Laura Ellyn Smith / Made By History, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
The Summary The recent flurry of solar storms suggests the sun is in a period of maximal activity as part of its 11-year cycle.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
The new study had 17 volunteers complete an incremental cycling test to exhaustion, lasting roughly ten minutes, with and without a series of five maximal breath-holds with face submerged in water at 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
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Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 4 Dec. 2024
Yet, while Taft’s cabinet streamlined their departments and strived for maximal efficiency, that didn’t necessarily mean reducing the size of bureaucracy.
—Laura Ellyn Smith / Made By History, TIME, 3 Dec. 2024
The Summary The recent flurry of solar storms suggests the sun is in a period of maximal activity as part of its 11-year cycle.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
The new study had 17 volunteers complete an incremental cycling test to exhaustion, lasting roughly ten minutes, with and without a series of five maximal breath-holds with face submerged in water at 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Maximal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maximal. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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maximal
adjective
max·i·mal
ˈmak-s(ə-)məl 
Medical Definition
maximal
adjective
max·i·mal
ˈmak-s(ə-)məl
1
: most complete or effective
maximal dental protection
maximal vasodilation
2
: being an upper limit
the maximal levels achieved with subcutaneous injections—W. S. Hoffman
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