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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
Arika Herron, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Despite the upcoming New Year's Day increase, Arizona will drop to 16th place next year, with several other states boosting their own minimums.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
Even more troubling is the fact that the problems at issue were, or at a minimum should have been, glaringly apparent to those working on Project Apollo.
—Matthew Beddingfield and George Leopold, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
At a minimum, these assignments are time-consuming and require candidates to leverage their skills and creativity in ways that would potentially benefit a third party.
—Lori Landrum, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Two-hour rentals start at $20, with a $50 food and beverage minimum.
—Arika Herron, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Despite the upcoming New Year's Day increase, Arizona will drop to 16th place next year, with several other states boosting their own minimums.
—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
Even more troubling is the fact that the problems at issue were, or at a minimum should have been, glaringly apparent to those working on Project Apollo.
—Matthew Beddingfield and George Leopold, Orlando Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2024
At a minimum, these assignments are time-consuming and require candidates to leverage their skills and creativity in ways that would potentially benefit a third party.
—Lori Landrum, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Any person with even a modicum of self-awareness or shame would recognize the dynamics at play and try to respect the delicate emotions of everyone else in the car.Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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There are better ways to address revenue volatility without injury to the goal of the Gann Spending Limit, which was enacted to provide a modicum of spending restraint in a state that doesn’t have any.Jon Coupal, Orange County Register, 8 Dec. 2024
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Palace lost any semblance of physical control with Mateta’s withdrawal against Arsenal.Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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Since then, the number of democracies across the world—with durable governing institutions, peaceful rotations of power, and some semblance of law—has roughly flatlined.David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2024
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The pre-treatments achieve brilliant colors and enhance the hand feel of fabrics with minimal resource consumption.Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 30 Dec. 2024
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In metro Phoenix, the black moon on Monday, Dec. 30, can be observed by finding a clear spot with minimal light pollution, though the moon itself will be invisible due to its alignment.Tiffany Acosta, The Arizona Republic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Only the vowels change from syllable to syllable, and the effect is just wondrous.Sam Corbin, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Now he’s arrived at its core, where each syllable is purposeful and every piano key is in its right place.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 15 Oct. 2024
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As the presidential election catapulted the country into a sharply divisive moment, Get Out emerged as the year’s greatest genre achievement without an ounce of subtext.Eric Kohn, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
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These winds tend to blow in the general northeasterly direction of the bats migration this time of year, giving the bats — which weigh about an ounce — a significant lift.Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 4 Jan. 2025
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Looking back, singer-guitarist Paul Westerberg and bassist Tommy Stinson credited Dunlap for bringing a spark of creativity and energy to the band during that final run.Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 19 Dec. 2024
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The spark of creativity belongs not to the machine that churns out a never-ending variety of images with feedback from the crowd, but to the artists who came up with the idea in the first place.Will Knight, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2024
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While the ball from Gibson’s home run was never found, Freeman’s blast was corralled by 10-year-old Zachary Ruderman, whose family sold it at auction for $1.56 million, a shred of its intrinsic value.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Some of that continuity is thanks to the ever-present yearning in Martin’s voice, some to the big chords and cathedral choruses, some to the lyrics that have ambiguity without a shred of subtlety.Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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Filled with vestiges of yesteryear, the Butte historic district is one of the largest in the country.Janie Osborne, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
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Supporters say forced labor in state prisons is a vestige of slavery and that the practice disproportionately affects people of color.Andre Mouchard, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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“Minimum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minimum. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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