optimize
verb (used with object)
to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
has optimized
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present perfectof optimize (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It has helped quantum computing researchers “optimize the spacetime resources” of certain subroutines and has optimized memory use across its data centers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
Netflix told The Times on Monday that it learned from the struggles it faced during the Tyson-Paul live stream and has optimized its systems to better handle live events since then.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024
And ultimately, visions in which technology can facilitate these reconnections with the behaviors and experiences for which natural selection has optimized us—rather than alienate us from them.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2022
I think social media has optimized a mechanism for being compelling without being enjoyable.
From The Verge ● Jul. 16, 2017
The LHCb collaboration has optimized its detector to study matter–antimatter asymmetries and rare decays of particles containing b quarks, aiming to detect deviations from precise SM predictions that would indicate BSM effects.
From Nature ● May 12, 2015
