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But a six-match ban would now only be considered in those circumstances - rather than being the standard minimum suspension, as it was before.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

This pay-as-you-go approach is the result of legislation in 1939 that tied benefits to average earnings over a minimum period of coverage, and that rewarded early generations with windfall returns on their contributions.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

Meta reported record second-quarter revenue of $60.8 billion but raised its minimum annual capital spending forecast to $130 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026

A jury convicted him of a misdemeanor anyway, on the theory that a single six-pack sat in plain view, and a judge gave him the statutory minimum: a $1,500 fine and three days in jail.

From Slate ● Jul. 28, 2026

I figure at minimum I’m about to get a pat on the back.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

In momentum space, free electrons are found in the local minima and maxima of the energy landscape, namely at points where the conduction and valence bands meet.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024

"We found that even when bulk pyrite sulfur isotopes changed a lot between glacials and interglacials, the minima of our single grain pyrite distributions remained broadly constant," Bryant said.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 24, 2023

Our home star goes through periods called grand minima when there are few to no sunspots.

From Scientific American ● Oct. 19, 2023

She was able to get photos of the Perdita minima but not the hard-to-spot burrows she hoped to also find.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2022

Every one knows that the common kind always floats in the water; whereas this minima never grows where water is actually present, but where it has been dried up in consequence of hot weather.

From Lachesis Lapponica A Tour in Lapland, Volume 1 by Linn?, Carl von

However, loans from credit unions can be harder to qualify for as they might require higher credit-score minimums, bigger cash reserves or stricter debt-to-income limits.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

But they are based on 2025 stress capital buffers, or SCBs, which refer to the capital lenders must hold above required regulatory minimums.

From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026

The organisation said their documented figures should be seen as "absolute minimums", as getting information on deaths was severely limited by difficulty accessing sites, government-imposed internet blackouts and political repression.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

The court then issued a related ruling in Rutherford that prisoners could not receive a reduction in sentence based on mandatory minimums that Congress had reduced after their conviction.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

White men comprised 78 percent of the arrests for this offense in 1990 when new mandatory minimums governing drunk driving were being adopted.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander