adjective
Other Word Forms
- minimally adverb
- nonminimal adjective
- subminimal adjective
Etymology
Origin of minimal
Example Sentences
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Traders report minimal foot traffic, and investors appear hesitant, delaying major moves that now look more like gambles than strategic decisions.
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Because this is a low-key charity gig, the staging and lighting are minimal; but the star makes the room shrink, shimmying around in a jade green ballgown with irrepressible energy.
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But if that storage is at capacity. a "reasonable excuse" clause in Daera policy allows them to spread a minimal amount if they have exhausted all other options.
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These quiet compositions are both minimal and surreal, as the edge of a roaring fire is rendered in a delicate line, or a multicolored shrimp floats in the middle of a vacant plane.
How has something temporary and so radical become, almost overnight and with minimal democratic debate, the orthodoxy?
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