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Existing forecasting methods generally provide less advance notice because scientists must wait until the Sun reaches solar minimum, the quietest part of its cycle.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
In 2024, state law made it so that all eligible fast-food employees would receive a minimum wage of $20 an hour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Your unpredictable income could create lower-tax years to release IRA funds, reducing your required minimum distributions without triggering a massive tax bill.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
States often prescribe minimum instructional hours, and recess generally doesn’t count.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
The high rate of turnover had the corollary benefit of keeping to a minimum the number of individuals who understood the building’s secrets.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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
T. mingwe Alex., etc.; in July, D. minima appears, together with Tipula flavibasis Alex.,
From Journal of Entomology and Zoology Volume 11, Number 4, December 1919 by Alexander, Charles P.
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
In the middle of a growth spurt for women’s basketball, sparked by Caitlin Clark, the league reached a collective-bargaining agreement with record increases to the salary cap and league minimums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026
It expects to execute the buybacks using pre-arranged algorithmic trading instructions, with no quarterly or yearly minimums, the company said.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 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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