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being the least in amount, number, or size possible
spent the minimum amount necessary to acquire the property
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Recent Examples of minimum
Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2025
The Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates oil and gas wells in the state, defines these as wells that have been inactive for a minimum of 12 months and have no owner.
—Alejandra Martinez The Texas Tribune, arkansasonline.com, 9 Feb. 2025
The Israeli prison system has come under fire for intentionally reducing food servings to Palestinian prisoners in what’s been described as the minimum required for survival, on the orders of then-National Security Minister Ben Gvir last year.
—Sophie Tanno and Mick Krever, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
Raleigh dropped parking minimums in 2022, and Durham followed suit in 2023.
—Alexandria Sands, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Those with this visa have to spend at least 105 days in New Zealand, but that term can be reduced by investing more money than the minimum.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2025
The Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates oil and gas wells in the state, defines these as wells that have been inactive for a minimum of 12 months and have no owner.
—Alejandra Martinez The Texas Tribune, arkansasonline.com, 9 Feb. 2025
The Israeli prison system has come under fire for intentionally reducing food servings to Palestinian prisoners in what’s been described as the minimum required for survival, on the orders of then-National Security Minister Ben Gvir last year.
—Sophie Tanno and Mick Krever, CNN, 8 Feb. 2025
Raleigh dropped parking minimums in 2022, and Durham followed suit in 2023.
—Alexandria Sands, Axios, 7 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minimum
Noun
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The result is a hyperrealistic natural setting bathed in saturated hues, incrementally manipulated with Saxon’s matte paintings and other practical effects, with just a modicum of CGI.—
Justin Lowe,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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Much as Craven may deplore the emergence of large agencies that have taken over their competitors, companies like Allied Universal absorbed many of these fly-by-night outfits, requiring at least a modicum of training where there had been less.—
Harper’s Magazine,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
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Repetition gives these fabrications a semblance of truth.—
Rochelle Eastman,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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With significant revisions, this proposal could contain a semblance of something workable.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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According to The Weather Channel, there is minimal rain expected from Thursday to Saturday, indicating a low likelihood of rain interfering with Thursday's Duel at Daytona or the Friday NASCAR Truck Series.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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With minimal access to media, the dual American Israeli citizen only learned months after he was captured that his son had survived the attack that launched the war in Gaza.—
Tia Goldenberg,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Now she’s taken the next step, training her attention on the gesture that precedes even the syllable.—
Adam Begley,
The Atlantic,
4 Feb. 2025
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Much as the first episode after November’s election started out overly earnest before its mid-cold-open rug-pull, this one barely let Miranda cough out one syllable before James Austin Johnson’s Trump commandeered the sketch, dragging it into a hilarious new direction.—
Joe Berkowitz,
Vulture,
26 Jan. 2025
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One ounce of Parmesan cheese contains 242 mg of calcium.9 Softer cheeses tend to have less calcium.—
Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH,
Verywell Health,
6 Feb. 2025
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Where a single Lacrosse boot weighs 45 ounces, Sitka says the Ventilate measures just 35 ounces.—
Wes Siler,
Outside Online,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The initial spark of attraction triggers the brain to release dopamine, activating the reward system.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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The new series found their characters back at Bayside High, Jessie working as the school’s counselor and Slater teaching P.E., with the lingering spark of their teen romance causing tension.—
John Russell,
People.com,
13 Feb. 2025
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Trump is a reverse Trojan Horse: a shred of reason inside a thick armor of malignancy.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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Every one of his releases is part of a master plan: to develop tools that lay waste to every last hoary shred of club convention.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
5 Dec. 2024
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And some states, including Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, still maintain vestiges of this old system.—
Ian Millhiser,
Vox,
5 Feb. 2025
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His films delighted in collapsing the city’s past and its present together, in discovering cultural and architectural vestiges of an older Los Angeles tucked in among the city’s newer façades.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Minimum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minimum. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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