as in maximum
being the highest possible
The group wanted their performance to have the maximal amount of impact.
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Surround it with smaller plants of varying leaf textures like peace lilies and ferns to put the maximal in a maximalist room.
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My Forbes dispatches from CES continue to champion maximal regulatory liberalization, making Pivot or Die especially relevant in considering how business and technological pivots might inform policy ones, and vice-versa.
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For example, exposure of your IP address has low impact, while exposure of your username and password has maximal impact.
—PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
For one thing, the theoretical examples possess maximal charge.
—Steve Nadis, WIRED, 15 Sep. 2024
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“Maximal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maximal. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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