as in lowest
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
Anna Skinner, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Action sequences are also lackluster, delivering the bare minimum to move the characters from point A to point B.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
The proposal requires a variance for a reduction of the front-yard setback to four feet, where a minimum of six feet is required to accommodate drainage.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
The statewide minimum housing code doesn’t include guidelines for mold, but rather focuses on basic safety precautions such as a building’s foundation, MacLeod said.
—Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The location also broke the record low minimum when the low temperature dipped to 28 degrees, breaking the old record of 31 degrees set in 2021.
—Anna Skinner, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Action sequences are also lackluster, delivering the bare minimum to move the characters from point A to point B.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 20 Feb. 2025
The proposal requires a variance for a reduction of the front-yard setback to four feet, where a minimum of six feet is required to accommodate drainage.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
The statewide minimum housing code doesn’t include guidelines for mold, but rather focuses on basic safety precautions such as a building’s foundation, MacLeod said.
—Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 12 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
Noun
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Hayes is part of a small faction of Black social media app founders with semblances of success in the space—it’s been proven to be incredibly difficult to gauge and sustain the interest of the masses on a new digital platform when compared to Instagram, X, Snapchat, and TikTok.—
Jasmine Browley,
Essence,
3 Mar. 2025
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Wittingly or not, nobody embodied this behavior better than Musk, who has spent the past decade operating with a healthy contempt for institutions, any semblance of decorum, and the law.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The immediate financial impact of a single-day boycott is likely to be minimal, as consumers may compensate by purchasing more in the days before or after.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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To see the seven planets in the sky, it's recommended that viewers find a spot with minimal light pollution on a clear night.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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Meta saw that these representations — context, words, syllables, letters — all overlap during language production, peaking and fading in strength at different times.—
Celia Ford,
Vox,
19 Feb. 2025
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They are also asked to vocalize, breathing into microphones and uttering nonverbal syllables.—
Alex Ross,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Divide dough into 18 even portions (about 3 ounces each).—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
6 Mar. 2025
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Authorities also confiscated 2 kilograms of cocaine and 8 ounces of methamphetamine, equipment to manufacture counterfeit pills and $11,257 in cash.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Luis experienced the success of mastery and felt the spark of internal motivation.—
Jenny Anderson,
The Atlantic,
26 Feb. 2025
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The veteran has found a home with the Nuggets and has given their bench unit a massive spark this season.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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After being made aware of her video, Monadnock Food Co-op had to issue a recall and refunds for their organic red quinoa, organic white quinoa, organic tri-color quinoa, organic cornmeal, organic polenta, organic coconut shreds, and their raw walnuts.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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The affected products include quinoa, cornmeal, polenta, coconut shreds and walnuts.—
Terry Dickerson,
NBC News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Critics say the asset seizures are also undermining the last vestiges of Russia’s rule of law.—
Nataliya Vasilyeva,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Or does so only briefly in the ambiguous ending, when Sofia throws off the last vestiges of her passivity and forces her recalcitrant mother into a reckoning with her condition.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Minimum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minimum. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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