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[Dan Goncharoff]

Could it just be autocorrect run rampant?
DanG


On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 11:57 AM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:

> This sense not in OED.  "Minibus" -- as a smaller type of "omnibus".
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> 2000 Cincinnati Enquirer 27 Oct 6/3
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> The “mini-bus” package, a compilation of several health bills introduced
> this session, passed the Senate by unanimous consent Thursday.
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> https://www.newspapers.com/image/102421564/?terms=%22minibus%20package%22&match=1
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> 2007 [Jasper IN] Herald 1 Nov 20/4
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> The Democratic congressional leadership should not now cynically used them
> to shoulder a bloated ‘minibus’ funding bill up Pennsylvania Avenue and
> wrest billions in excessive spending.
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> https://www.newspapers.com/image/541939373/?terms=%20minibus%20omnibus&match=1
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> 2009 Boston Globe 12 Jun A15/1
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> The Obama administration’s macroeconomic polices to “stimulate” the
> economy have been unprecedented and visible, costing Americans in the
> trillions, including $787 billion for the “stimulus”, a $410 billion
> “omnibus” spending package (on top of last September’s $800 billion
> “minibus” spending), and another $600 billion or more for the financial
> bailout, over and above all the automatic federal entitlement pending.
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> https://www.newspapers.com/image/443930424/?terms=%22minibus%20spending%22&match=1
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> 2017 [Phoenix] Arizona Republic 6 Oct 6/4
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> House Republicans have passed a “minibus” spending bill that included $1.6
> billion for construction of new barriers at the border.
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> https://www.newspapers.com/image/343742144/?terms=%22passed%20a%20minibus%22&match=1
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