at a/the minimum

idiom

: at least
We'll need 10 years at a/the minimum.

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How Often To Wash Sheets Sheets should be washed every other week at a minimum. Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 June 2025 Madigan — for decades the most powerful politician in Illinois, the state that gave this nation its greatest president — will have to spend more than six years of that term at a minimum under federal rules, even assuming good behavior. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025 The current estimate, at a minimum, is that more than 8.8 million Americans will lose health care. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 June 2025 So hopefully this book will inspire people, in a literal sense, to maybe experience that kind of trip, that kind of openness and travel, openness to other people or other cultures even, and at a minimum, maybe have young audiences or people who haven’t been exposed to him. Anna Tingley, Variety, 6 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for at a/the minimum

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“At a/the minimum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20a%2Fthe%20minimum. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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