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[min-uh-muhm] / ˈmɪn ə məm /




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Hashimoto will receive a minimum annual base salary of $675,000 and will be eligible for an annual bonus of up to 90% of his base pay.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

We are encouraged to delay our dream life, save more, work longer and maximize our retirement contributions until our required minimum distributions kick in.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026

Baemin was accused of making similar demands of restaurants using its delivery service -- including over minimum order amounts -- from May 2024 to October 2025, the regulator said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2026

Kurt Petersen, co-president of Unite Here Local 11, cited the minimum wage rollback as one of the reasons his union abandoned Bass.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026

I suspect the pay was just a bit over minimum wage, and I didn’t get an allowance.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers

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

But to do this you require to have your temporary home well arranged—a perfect multum in parvo, a domus in minima.

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Gordon Stables

Account minimums may vary depending on the relationships between the fund manager or distributor and the advisory or brokerage firm.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 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

These types of funds often have high-income minimums.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

The weather report was routine—even boring—with details about air pressure, wind speeds, and temperature maximums and minimums.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow


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