minimum
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Europe need a minimum of 14.5 points to regain the trophy.
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
And it revealed three supporters had been banned for "a minimum of three years" following February's game at the MKM Stadium.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
If need be, I can sell other investments to fulfill the required minimum distribution rules and pay the resulting tax bills.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
In their vote, City Council members also ordered a report with a framework on how to implement a mandatory six-hour paid training to educate workers on minimum wage laws and other labor protections.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Volcanologists learned that past behavior of a volcano can only be treated as a bare minimum in hazard assessment.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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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
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
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
Thus with a fifth, 2 : 3, there are three maxima and three minima; but the compound tone is resolved into three tones having vibration frequencies in the ratio of 3 : 2 : 1.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
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
Broadway actors earn a minimum of $2,717 a week, while West End minimums vary between the equivalent of $1,000 and $1,200.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 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 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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