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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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Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
There is no minimum age for a baby to start wearing sunglasses.
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18 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
Researchers first want to pin down the minimum effective dose in animals.
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Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
18 June 2026
There is no minimum age for a baby to start wearing sunglasses.
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Bestreviews,
Mercury News,
18 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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And control falls to executives who don’t have a modicum of Spielberg’s talent?
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Slingsby acknowledged that the Bonds Flying Roos had enjoyed a modicum of luck, although there’s no denying that the Australians continue to set a benchmark that no other team can match.
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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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Related: Here are some tricks from the CDC for de-ticking yourself: • Put your clothes in the dryer on high heat for a minim of six minutes.
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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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Healthy Rewards Members can receive a free 12-ounce Hydration Watermelon Smoothie from participating locations on Sunday, June 21.
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Businesses cannot sell more than one 16-ounce alcoholic beverage for public consumption per customer in a single transaction.
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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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“Minimum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minimum. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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