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absolute minimum

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noun

Mathematics.
  1. the smallest value a given function assumes on a specified set.


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That’s twice the 3% level that is considered the absolute minimum level.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

She added that the budget will "drive economic growth, deliver on a programme of capital investment and keep the burden on our ratepayers to an absolute minimum."

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2024

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