as in maximum
being the highest possible
The group wanted their performance to have the maximal amount of impact.
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After bringing maximal multilateral pressure on Iran in his first term, Obama left office having laid the groundwork for improved relations.
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Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
Turning her childhood bedroom into a zone of maximal coziness—including, recently, with the addition of a white Aeron chair—was a way of asserting control.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
This maximal turnout reflects some combination of massive campaign effort, the state’s culture of political engagement, and the fact that voters have had years to internalize their own importance, based on the knowledge that Wisconsin’s presidential elections are routinely close and consequential.
—Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
That’s two-thirds of its own mass, and 93% of its maximal gape area.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
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Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2019
Turning her childhood bedroom into a zone of maximal coziness—including, recently, with the addition of a white Aeron chair—was a way of asserting control.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
This maximal turnout reflects some combination of massive campaign effort, the state’s culture of political engagement, and the fact that voters have had years to internalize their own importance, based on the knowledge that Wisconsin’s presidential elections are routinely close and consequential.
—Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2024
That’s two-thirds of its own mass, and 93% of its maximal gape area.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Maximal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maximal. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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