minium
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of minium
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: cinnabar, red lead
Example Sentences
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They passed a host of Democratic priorities in early 2020, including measures to expand access to voting, raise the minium wage, ban anti-LGBT discrimination, tighten restrictions on guns and loosen them on abortion.
From Washington Post
Some liberals in Congress sent a letter this week to Biden and Vice President Harris urging them to sidestep the parliamentarian’s decision on the minium wage, a move that has historical precedent.
From Washington Post
Better to stick to madder root, red ochre, or the red-lead minium that had been in use since classical antiquity.
From The New Yorker
Overnight and summertime minium give insight in how sustained the heat has become.
From The Guardian
Initiative 77 was backed by liberal activists and some workers who argued that some workers did not receive enough in tips to earn the minium wage and that their employers failed to fill the gap.
From Washington Post
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