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Discover LudwigThe phrase "Bare minimum" is correct and usable in written English
It is typically used to refer to the least amount or the lowest level of something that is acceptable or required. Example: "To pass the course, you only need to complete the bare minimum of assignments."
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Bare minimum
noun
The smallest possible quantity or the least fulfilling, but still adequate, condition that is required, acceptable, or suitable for some purpose.
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Bare minimum: like you're on a weird drug.
The bare minimum.
Do the bare minimum.
"Yes, that should be the bare minimum.
"Laws only provide the bare minimum required".
He was claiming the bare minimum".
"They're doing the bare minimum, not even the bare minimum".
The bare minimum, no doubt.
4. Excellence is the bare minimum. 5.
Of course, these are the bare minimum.
Vanguard keeps expenses to the bare minimum.
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