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The Shirtdress Minimal in detail but maximal in effect, this spring’s best shirtdresses were all about effortless elegance.
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Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2026
These high-tech chambers lessen the oxygen in the air, enclose you in freezing temperatures, or vibrate your body—all in the alluring name of maximal training and recovery.
—Chelsey Stone, Outside, 26 Dec. 2025
In the beginning of Big Fiction, there were encyclopedic novels and mega-novels and then maximal novels.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
To develop his universal fragmentation law, Villermaux combined the principle of maximal randomness with the conservation law.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 29 Nov. 2025
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Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 3 Jan. 2026
These high-tech chambers lessen the oxygen in the air, enclose you in freezing temperatures, or vibrate your body—all in the alluring name of maximal training and recovery.
—Chelsey Stone, Outside, 26 Dec. 2025
In the beginning of Big Fiction, there were encyclopedic novels and mega-novels and then maximal novels.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
To develop his universal fragmentation law, Villermaux combined the principle of maximal randomness with the conservation law.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Maximal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maximal. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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maximal
adjective
max·i·mal
ˈmak-s(ə-)məl 
Medical Definition
maximal
adjective
max·i·mal
ˈmak-s(ə-)məl
1
: most complete or effective
maximal dental protection
maximal vasodilation
2
: being an upper limit
the maximal levels achieved with subcutaneous injections—W. S. Hoffman
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