Example Sentences

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Over a quarter of UBS family offices surveyed for an annual report said they have minimized or plan to cut their holdings in dollar assets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

“Experts and commentators have minimized the outbreak to date, saying, ‘but it’s not in pigs yet.’

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024

In case after case, these women say that if they had thought acetaminophen could possibly harm their baby, they would have minimized their use of the drug — or not taken it at all.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2023

Most important for gauging the broader health of the economy will be consumer companies like PepsiCo and McDonald’s, which have minimized their rising costs tied to interest rates and inflation by successfully charging consumers more.

From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023

But obviously to have forced the fictional note would have been to diminish that of portraiture and accordingly to have minimized the motive of the stories.

From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Matthews, Brander