absolute minimum
Americannoun
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That’s twice the 3% level that is considered the absolute minimum level.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026
Presenting the report, the commission's president, child psychiatrist Pedro Strecht, said the estimate represented the "absolute minimum" and that "these numbers are just the tip of the iceberg".
From BBC • Aug. 2, 2023
The absolute minimum for something like this would be about a year, according to Michael Brickman, who was part of multiple rounds of negotiated rulemaking as an education official for the Trump administration.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 3, 2023
“We’ve been having these conversations with the academy for years, asking, ‘How do we circumvent people that do the absolute minimum just to qualify and not really be a theatrical release?’” the indie exec said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2023
But he would have needed this as an absolute minimum.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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