Example Sentences

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It’s designing, in Berkshire, a decision‑making system that has minimized errors, resisted pressure and aligned incentives over decades.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025

Publicly, the industry has minimized research that has identified hazardous levels of toxins in cabin air linked to fume events and their health risks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 14, 2025

Conventional medicine has minimized the power of emotions, but advertising executives and social media designers are exploiting the power of emotions.

From Salon • Jan. 21, 2025

To make ends meet, Mr. Ding gets paid to play video games and has minimized his spending by doing things like cutting out his favorite bubble tea.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2021

She has lengthened life, she has minimized danger, she has controlled madness, she has trampled on disease.

From The Pleasures of Life by Lubbock, John, Sir