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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
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2026
Newsom's counter proposal calls for a federal minimum tax rate on Americans worth more than $100 million, rather than a state level one-time 5% wealth tax that the governor argues could be dodged by billionaires who could leave the state for another.
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Juhi Doshi,
ABC News,
26 June 2026
Sean MacAday,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2026
To earn cash back, pay at least the minimum due on time.
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Sarah Hostetler,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
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Adjective
Mostly limited to minimum-scale deals because of their position against the first-apron hard cap created by the trade for Antetokounmpo, this could be a soft open for the Heat, who likely will have to wait on veterans unable to find something more substantial elsewhere.
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Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
26 June 2026
Newsom's counter proposal calls for a federal minimum tax rate on Americans worth more than $100 million, rather than a state level one-time 5% wealth tax that the governor argues could be dodged by billionaires who could leave the state for another.
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Juhi Doshi,
ABC News,
26 June 2026
Noun
Very low relative humidity values of 10% to 15% will create a mild wildfire concern at the very minimum.
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Sean MacAday,
Sacbee.com,
22 June 2026
To earn cash back, pay at least the minimum due on time.
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Sarah Hostetler,
CNBC,
22 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minimum
Adjective
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While that’s painful for house hunters, note that the surge was the 18th-smallest among states and trailed the 93% jump nationally.
Noun
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Skipping the oven and the stove for meals during the dog days also ensures a mere modicum of effort.
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To adore the literary greats but reject any modicum of pretension?
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But the slim, minimal design works perfectly with most casual outfits.
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Abraham, the front-seat passenger whose involvement in the actual crime was minimal, served a little less than two years and was released in 2001.
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Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
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Shows are not required to ask for exemptions from the equal-time rule, but some have done so in order to avoid any semblance of doubt.
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Elsewhere, a megaphone-wielding leader herded dozens of black cats in the style of artist Gary Baseman into some semblance of order.
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The prose is often cautious, lawyerly, repetitive, and so completely generic that the name of the issuer could be swapped out without altering a single syllable of the disclosure.
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Homer wrote a very long line of poetry—dactylic hexameter, with its six beats, and as many as seventeen syllables.
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The mine produced 31,500 ounces of gold — worth more than $110 million today — before shutting down in the 1930s, with reports suggesting significant deposits remain below the 200-foot level.
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Perhaps its most red card-worthy offense was relegating Kuno Becker’s charismatic lead — the series’ only mainstay — to bit part, focusing instead on two new England internationals without an ounce of personality.
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The instinctive Moon in your 5th House of Creativity and Play opposes elusive Neptune in your 11th House of Friends, so plans may blur your spark.
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The first four episodes made available for review likewise have tiny sparks of interest, from some witty dialogue to genuine plot momentum to intriguing new characters popping up.
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