as in lowest
being the least in amount, number, or size possible
the gymnast won the gold medal only because he made the fewest mistakes
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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.
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Nobody cares until their 19-year-old child is sentenced to a 7-year minimum mandatory prison sentence on a drug charge, and shipped north.
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When Lake Powell’s levels fall below minimum power pool, that means water can no longer flow through the intake tubes for Glen Canyon Dam‘s hydropower facility, which is the primary method for moving water downstream from the reservoir in southern Utah.
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“Fewest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fewest. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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