optimize
verb (used with object)
to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
have optimized
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present perfectof optimize.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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I have optimized away the moments in which friendship used to appear.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The robin protein had the largest magnetic sensitivity, hinting that evolution might have optimized robin Cry4a for navigation.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 15, 2022
Pizza Hut joins a number of fast-food restaurants that have optimized restaurants in the "contactless" age.
From Fox News ● Mar. 30, 2021
So I spent the morning working out what I felt would have optimized our patient flow, minimized exposure, and streamlined our care had we known then what we know now.
From Slate ● Apr. 9, 2020
“You would think a billion years of evolution would have optimized photosynthesis by now,” says Niyogi, but things aren't so simple.
From Nature ● Apr. 25, 2017
