as in to dismiss
to express scornfully one's low opinion of
sore losers trying to minimize the other team's victory
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Eco-Indigo integrates seamlessly with existing dyeing infrastructure, maintaining commercial viability and minimizing cost impacts for manufacturers.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 6 Jan. 2025
That would have allowed Nippon Steel to advance more proposals to minimize potential national security risks, effectively pushing the matter to the next administration, according to three officials.
—Ellen Nakashima, arkansasonline.com, 6 Jan. 2025
If the goal was to minimize processing, then a diet that includes butter might be healthier than one that includes margarine, and one that includes cane sugar might be healthier than one that includes zero-calorie sweeteners.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
This indirect strategy multiplied Iranian impact throughout the region while allowing Tehran to avoid or at least minimize direct retaliation.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2025
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 6 Jan. 2025
That would have allowed Nippon Steel to advance more proposals to minimize potential national security risks, effectively pushing the matter to the next administration, according to three officials.
—Ellen Nakashima, arkansasonline.com, 6 Jan. 2025
If the goal was to minimize processing, then a diet that includes butter might be healthier than one that includes margarine, and one that includes cane sugar might be healthier than one that includes zero-calorie sweeteners.
—Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
This indirect strategy multiplied Iranian impact throughout the region while allowing Tehran to avoid or at least minimize direct retaliation.
—Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Minimize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minimize. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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