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• n  the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position

• Any denial or minimization of this terrible crime is intolerable.
• We note the importance of HEU minimization in civilian applications and support such efforts to the maximum extent possible, where feasible.
• You have provided your readers with an absolutely accurate picture of a very typical high school, without exaggeration or minimization.

• minimisation

• maximization

News & Articles

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• Research and Markets: Technological Advancements have Greatly Improved the Productivity of Manufacturing Industries
  DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/zg455s/industrial) has announced the addition of the "Industrial Controls (Scada, Plc, Dcs) & Factory Automation (Field Devices, Mes, Erp) Market - Global Forecast & Analysis Till 2016" report to their offering. Factory automation comprises of automation and minimization of manual and personnel-related ...
  June 21, 2013 - Business Wire
• Leaked Documents Reveal How NSA Minimizes Americans' Data
  In the weeks following the revelations of secret National Security Agency's surveillance programs, the NSA brass have claimed the agency tries to minimize the amount of data it collects from American citizens. Classified documents published Thursday reveal the exact minimization procedures it uses when such data is incidentally collected. The documents, posted by The Guardian , were signed by ...
  June 20, 2013 - Mashable

Quotes

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• Pope Benedict XVI in Catholic News Service
  It is beyond question that any denial or minimization of this terrible crime is intolerable and altogether unacceptable,Pope Benedict said.
• Sergey Lavrov in USA Today
  Since the US is going to carry this out, those proposals that we are expecting to receive on paper today seemed to us, as I said, important and useful for the minimization of our concerns,Lavrov said.
• Yulia Tymoshenko in International Herald Tribune
  I am confident that the political crisis end will provide us with all grounds to make sure steps, first of all in the Parliament, towards minimization of the global financial crisis impact on Ukraine. I am sure that the political crisis end gives... Yulia Tymoshenko http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yulia_Tymoshenko&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFPD5FFK75q--EKS0R5y2-hB5wD1w UNIAN News Agency http://www.google.com/url?q=http://unian.net/eng/news/news-289461.html&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFUmokPX_u1f3nwdA8fK_WylAV45A Dec 11, 2008 63839 85189 minimized The Ukrainian government is doing everything possible and impossible so that the impact of the global crisis on the Ukrainian life, the Ukrainian economy is minimized," Tymoshenko told reporters Tuesday.