as in maximum
being the highest possible
The group wanted their performance to have the maximal amount of impact.
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The maximal width is there, with wingers outside Arsenal’s full-backs, and two-v-ones in PSG’s favour as Hakimi and Fabian are supporting.
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Liam Tharme, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Urban planners fit out plazas with a variety of seating, for instance — café tables, stools, benches, deck chairs, bleachers, corners — to accommodate a maximal range of groups and conversations.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 25 Apr. 2025
The fact that Strickland’s original structure remains standing as the anchor of Philadelphia’s Naval Square community almost 200 years after its construction is a testament to the emphasis on quality care for veterans, even if that meant eschewing maximal efficiency.
— Made By History, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
In Appropriate, Jacobs-Jenkins’s plotting involves a little hand-waving — the money involved in a real-estate deal, for instance, comes out just right for maximal discord — and in Purpose, there is a deeper sense of authorial overdetermination.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025
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Liam Tharme, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Urban planners fit out plazas with a variety of seating, for instance — café tables, stools, benches, deck chairs, bleachers, corners — to accommodate a maximal range of groups and conversations.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 25 Apr. 2025
The fact that Strickland’s original structure remains standing as the anchor of Philadelphia’s Naval Square community almost 200 years after its construction is a testament to the emphasis on quality care for veterans, even if that meant eschewing maximal efficiency.
— Made By History, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
In Appropriate, Jacobs-Jenkins’s plotting involves a little hand-waving — the money involved in a real-estate deal, for instance, comes out just right for maximal discord — and in Purpose, there is a deeper sense of authorial overdetermination.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maximal
utmost
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The integrity of the categories and the artists who genuinely lead their series deserve the utmost consideration and respect.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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Run Out Of Ice From icing down the cooler to filling pitchers of ice tea or mixing up cocktails—ice is of the utmost importance, especially in the summertime in the South.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
23 May 2025
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“Maximal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maximal. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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