minimize
verb (used with object)
to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
will minimize
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future tenseof minimize.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Invariably, any book that targets a single aspect of Lincoln’s complex nature will minimize the elements that rounded off his character—and Mr. Pinsker’s is no exception.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
Maybe the more-fixed atomic arrangements in this layer will minimize two-level system loss.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 5, 2024
And a lot of kids will talk about how these groups will pull them out of a depression, will minimize their anxiety.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2023
Jasmine Gonzalez, who organizes tenants in Maywood with East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, agrees that consistent protections will minimize mistreatment from landlords.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2023
There is a way of retouching photographs that will minimize the danger of poor printing.
From From Xylographs to Lead Molds; A.D. 1440-A.D. 1921 by H. C. Forster
