How to Use at a/the minimum in a Sentence

at a/the minimum

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  • Those are subscription-based and cost $9.99 per month at a minimum.
    PCMAG, 17 Sep. 2024
  • He's got to get to Triple-A and play for a while at a minimum.
    Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2023
  • When sleep mode is turned on, the sound is at a minimum.
    Ali Faccenda, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
  • But that, again, will be at the -- at a minimum, a long and grueling drive.
    CBS News, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Get ready for sleek and chic hairstyles, beach waves, or at a minimum—the perfect bump for your bangs.
    ELLE, 12 July 2023
  • The loss of Jonah Heim, which will be three weeks at a minimum, perhaps the rest of the season, is immense.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • If the Supreme Court takes the issue up, at a minimum the appeal would probably drag on for months.
    Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024
  • Teachers at those schools would receive at a minimum $1,500 if the schoolwide growth goals are achieved.
    Cynthia Howell, Arkansas Online, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Both are, at a minimum, questionable for Stanford with less than 48 hours to heal.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2023
  • These people should be footing that bill, at a minimum.
    Ryley Ober, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
  • Many in this camp contend that Putin’s ambitions extend beyond Ukraine to, at a minimum, Poland and the three Baltic states.
    Rajan Menon, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2023
  • The rating threshold will continue to be at a minimum of 4.7.
    WIRED, 4 Aug. 2023
  • At that time, the sun's activity was at the minimum point of its 11-year solar cycle.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024
  • As of this writing, the death toll is confirmed at a minimum of 70 Israelis, with hundreds more wounded.
    Juliette Kayyem, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2023
  • The cold front barges into the area during the morning with gusty northwest winds keeping warming at a minimum.
    David Streit, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Seattle's system only counts active time, paid at a minimum of 44 cents per minute, plus 74 cents per mile.
    Cedar Attanasio, Quartz, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Seattle’s system only counts active time, paid at a minimum of 44 cents per minute, plus 74 cents per mile.
    Cedar Attanasio, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The hearing would unfold inside a small courtroom, kicking off what will be a legal grind that will take months, at a minimum.
    Emily Davies, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • But a growing number of analysts now say that, at a minimum, rate cuts will be delayed.
    Rob Wile, NBC News, 10 Apr. 2024
  • Striking Chevron down and turning regulation over to Congress seems to be risky at best and fool-hardy at a minimum.
    Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Disney has an agreement to purchase the stake from Comcast Corp. next year at a price that values all of Hulu at a minimum of $27.5 billion.
    Catherine Larkin, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Reaching the Western Conference final at a minimum should be the goal.
    Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The law, passed in 1978, keeps property tax increases at a minimum until homes are resold.
    Michael Kolomatsky, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • That there is, at a minimum, one teacher in the room is what allows the Coursemojo model and ones like it to work, company and school leaders said.
    Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 1 Sep. 2023
  • It could be justified to bring back Berrios, who’s a capable returner, and there’s no harm in bringing back Cracraft at the minimum.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024
  • But this one needed, at a minimum, to proceed at least 50% faster in its trajectory.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2023
  • JPMorgan requires Dimon to hold at least a 1 million shares at a minimum, or at least $75 million in stock.
    Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2024
  • With the installation of Niccol, there’s broad agreement that, at the minimum, some course correction will be done.
    Alex Harring, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Hourly jobs start at a minimum $10 per hour, and employees receive a free gym membership.
    Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 10 May 2023
  • Some of the issues involve numbers, like how many writers would be staffed at a minimum in a room depending on the number of episodes the season is going to contain.
    Vulture, 2 May 2023

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