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[min-uh-muhm] / ˈmɪn ə məm /




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Instead, the researchers observed a local minimum in the oscillation amplitude across certain temperature ranges.

From Science Daily Sep. 5, 2026

But numerous factors, including availability and price - Tonali joined Spurs for a minimum £92m - made their signings difficult.

From BBC Sep. 5, 2026

The assets disclosed in Lutnick’s latest report total at least $237 million as of last December, down from his prior report, which disclosed a minimum of $805 million.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

And in Murray, Minnesota saw a player with upside whom they could sign to a minimum contract because the Cardinals still owe him so much.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 4, 2026

Bebe’s current job as a waitress paid her the state minimum for tipped employees: $2.35 per hour.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

The researchers are now planning a metagenomic study that extends the time series to cover periods of even more intense sea ice minima.

From Science Daily Feb. 20, 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

Maxima and minima refer to the twelve-year period, 1943-1954.

From Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler

The institutional share classes may also be available directly through certain brokerage platforms, and account minimums may vary depending on the relationships between the fund manager or distributor and the advisory or brokerage firm.

From MarketWatch Jul. 27, 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




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