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minimum

[min-uh-muhm] / ˈmɪn ə məm /




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Rutherford, who faced a 32-year mandatory minimum and was sentenced to 42.5 years, would have faced a mandatory minimum of 14 years today.

From Slate • May 29, 2026

Unionized hotel workers in New York City will make more than $100,000 a year in several years, and Los Angeles will eventually raise the minimum wage for hotel workers to $30 an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Kerridge and his fellow chefs indicated they supported the rise in the minimum wage, but argued a VAT cut from 20% to 10% for the sector would "allow operators to breathe" and also reinvest.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

The MLB proposal: a cap with a maximum payroll of $235 million and a minimum payroll of $171 million, with those figures including $23 million per team in player benefits.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

A platoon of thirty soldiers or even a company of a hundred soldiers can function well on the basis of intimate relations, with a minimum of formal discipline.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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