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as in most
of the greatest or highest degree or quantity
the maximum amount of time needed to complete the project
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Recent Examples of maximum
Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Other regulations to ensure maximum quality are implemented through incentives, which on the waters of Bristol Bay primarily lie in price increases for certain practices.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Julia Gomez, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, federal agencies and the OSTP could grant two-year moratoriums on enforcement of AI laws to enable AI experiments on the public, which can be renewed up to four times for a maximum of 10 years.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Contributions in the amount of $2,000, the maximum amount Mulvany Henry received in a single contribution, totaled up to at least $14,000 of her total earnings.
—Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Other regulations to ensure maximum quality are implemented through incentives, which on the waters of Bristol Bay primarily lie in price increases for certain practices.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
Customers can buy a maximum of six blind boxes.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Ultimately, federal agencies and the OSTP could grant two-year moratoriums on enforcement of AI laws to enable AI experiments on the public, which can be renewed up to four times for a maximum of 10 years.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
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Most of the city's 2 million population has been displaced multiple times in the past 22 months, following Hamas' attack on October 7, 2023, which claimed the lives of about 1,200 people—most of them civilians—and saw 250 people taken hostage.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Another Southern Living-favorite brand, Lodge, has multiple items on sale, including this three-piece set of cast-iron skillets that can replace (most) of your current cookware.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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What sets Leviyev apart from her competitors is the fact that each treatment is handled with utmost compassion, precision, and a belief that external beauty is a result of harmony between internal bodily functions.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Nepal's stability, peace and prosperity are of utmost importance.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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His max speed on Friday, however, didn’t get close to his 2024 level.—
Jesse Newell,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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Find your max heart rate by subtracting your age from 220.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The ultimate testament to comfort and durability, a reviewer even hiked 500 miles from France to Spain on the Camino de Santiago with them.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Sep. 2025
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This 27-inch display has 5K IPS panel and is being pitched as the ultimate external display for Mac users who want Apple Studio Display-caliber performance for half the price.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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“Maximum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maximum. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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