minimize
verb (used with object)
to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
were minimizing
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past progressiveof minimize.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Participants answered 12 questions to assess two types of stigma: whether they felt others viewed migraine being used for secondary gain and whether they felt others were minimizing the burden of migraine.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024
For me, that was awful because this patient was all alone, and we as staff were minimizing contact because we didn’t want to get the virus.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 7, 2020
By centralizing power in the hands of the captain, ship owners could be sure they were minimizing pirate opportunism.
From Time ● Mar. 2, 2015
Germany boasted that the Allies were minimizing their tonnage losses.
From Time Magazine Archive
By so doing it has seemed to them that they were minimizing the risk of finding their music handicapped by an ineffective story.
From A Book About the Theater by Brander Matthews
