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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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"At that time, the pitch didn't have to be a fixed width as long as it was above a certain minimum. So I made it the absolute minimum," Souness told FourFourTwo.

From BBC

And for any politician of note, there may well be an instinct to limit to the absolute minimum any contact with the fast-eroding asset that is Emmanuel Macron.

From BBC

"That would seem to be the absolute minimum that they should be doing," he said.

From BBC

In a video on social media, the mayor of the Spanish capital, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, told residents to "keep their movements to an absolute minimum and, if at all possible, to remain where they are. We want to keep all roads clear."

From BBC

But two-and-a-half hours after the cuts, Madrid's mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida still urged all residents to "keep their movements to an absolute minimum and, if at all possible, to remain where they are", in a video recorded from the city's integrated emergency security centre.

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