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minimum

[min-uh-muhm] / ˈmɪn ə məm /




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A quorum is the minimum number of members who must be present for the commission to engage in rulemaking, issue final decisions in adjudications, initiate enforcement actions, and otherwise conduct business.

From Slate Jul. 13, 2026

A MarketWatch request for comments from the Energy Department for details on the minimum SPR level allowed by Congress wasn’t immediately answered.

From MarketWatch Jul. 13, 2026

Spain has proposed raising the minimum age for registering on a social media platform from 14 to 16.

From Barron's Jul. 12, 2026

The spokesperson also highlighted policies such as the removal of the two-child benefits limit - which affects approximately 240,000 children living in 65,000 households in London – and lifting the minimum wage.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

What follows is a growing mumble, two voices starting polite, quiet, like when a lady buys stamps at the post office and gives the minimum amount of respect required to the teller.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

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

Humphrey Marshall described this species so accurately in his "American Grove," under the name of Juglans minima, p.

From The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States by Fuller, Andrew S.

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

You can do this by designating a child as an authorized user, which is a person added to a credit-card account by the primary cardholder, although some issuers have age minimums as low as 13.

From MarketWatch Jun. 9, 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

Custodians, most notably Fidelity Investments, made the strategy accessible by lowering the investment minimums.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 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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