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minimum

[min-uh-muhm] / ˈmɪn ə məm /




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Policymakers should treat a 5% overturn rate as the minimum quality threshold — the same bar we set for clinical processes — and require AI vendors to meet it before continuing the program.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

This could include raising the agricultural minimum wage, increasing the California Employment Development Department’s program oversight capacity, and bolstering legal protections for undocumented farmworkers organizing for better working conditions.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The European Union had imposed tariffs of up to 35.3 percent on EVs imported from China, but in January agreed that Chinese carmakers could accept minimum prices to sell into the bloc.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Mark Moir KC, for Cullen, said he previously worked for a number of accountancy firms and was assessed as posing a minimum risk of future offending.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

“I think that’s, like, bare minimum fetus achievement.”

From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli




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