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[min-uh-muhm] / ˈmɪn ə məm /




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A request for proposals issued last month by the VA calls for a minimum of 220 units with an option for 40 more.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

He added: "We need a mandatory minimum fine of £20,000 and, again, vehicle forfeiture on conviction."

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Meanwhile the reward for the folding shrank: The federal minimum wage, adjusted for inflation, is worth about 40% less than at its 1968 peak.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Enrollees are paid the highest of the state, federal or local minimum wage and work an average of 20 hours per week.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Since Pearl had been born they’d lived, by Mia’s count, in forty-six different towns, keeping their possessions to what would fit in a Volkswagen—in other words, to a bare minimum.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng




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