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something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
you need to meet your sales quota, or you'll be put on probation
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Recent Examples of quotas
When political leaders announce and track massive arrest and deportation targets, then department managers hold front-line supervisors accountable for quotas, triggering a mindless pursuit of bigger and better numbers to report.
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Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
But, pushed by the powerful White House aide Stephen Miller to meet huge daily arrest quotas, the administration’s efforts expanded greatly.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
The media is spinning shocking lies on deportation quotas.
—FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
Operation Change in Sweden collects nets that have gone unused by fishermen because of EU fishing quotas, sending some 400 tons of them to Ukraine to date.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
The survey was run through an online panel, with quotas used to keep a good balance across age, gender, and different parts of the country.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
This tool allows the EU to impose or increase customs duties, restrict exports or imports with quotas or licenses, restrict trade in services, and curb public procurement access, foreign direct investment, intellectual property rights and access to EU financial markets.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
Magnet enrollment was once tied strictly to racial quotas.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
The People’s Bank of China last week announced a package of credit-easing measures, including a 25-basis-point cut in rates on various lending tools and increasing quotas for lending programs targeting key sectors such as agriculture, technology and private enterprises.
—Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2026
Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Feb. 2026
But, pushed by the powerful White House aide Stephen Miller to meet huge daily arrest quotas, the administration’s efforts expanded greatly.
—Jonathan Lemire, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
The media is spinning shocking lies on deportation quotas.
—FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026
Operation Change in Sweden collects nets that have gone unused by fishermen because of EU fishing quotas, sending some 400 tons of them to Ukraine to date.
—Tim Lister, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
The survey was run through an online panel, with quotas used to keep a good balance across age, gender, and different parts of the country.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
This tool allows the EU to impose or increase customs duties, restrict exports or imports with quotas or licenses, restrict trade in services, and curb public procurement access, foreign direct investment, intellectual property rights and access to EU financial markets.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
Magnet enrollment was once tied strictly to racial quotas.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2026
The People’s Bank of China last week announced a package of credit-easing measures, including a 25-basis-point cut in rates on various lending tools and increasing quotas for lending programs targeting key sectors such as agriculture, technology and private enterprises.
—Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quotas
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Analyst Bonnie Herzog and team said in a recent note that the shares have plenty of upside.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026
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FedEx and private equity investor Advent International will both each own 37 percent of shares in the company, with investment firms A&R and PPF holding 16 percent and 10 percent stakes, respectively.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Feb. 2026
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Earlier in the afternoon, the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for portions of southeastern Dallas County into Saturday afternoon, with storms capable of producing 60 mph wind gusts and hail up to penny size, officials say.—
Julia James,
Dallas Morning News,
14 Feb. 2026
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Many of the young and highly educated cohorts who populate the portions of the left most suspicious of universal liberal values are also among those least likely to identify as religious believers.—
Christopher Beha,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Snowpack in most of the Northern Hemisphere has shrunk significantly over the past 40 years due to climate change, according to a 2024 Nature study, which found the sharpest declines, between 10% to 20% a decade, in the Southwestern US and large parts of Europe.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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The saltwater fish are most often found in the Caspian Sea, but can be spotted in the South Atlantic regions of North America, the Black Sea and parts of the Pacific Northwest.—
Chad Murphy,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
10 Feb. 2026
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While it is typically added in small amounts—often 1 to 5 percent by weight in cotton or wool garments, and up to 20 percent in polyester or polyamide blends—those trace percentages carry outsized consequences.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Feb. 2026
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The league office and the union can calculate how much of that money goes to the players and how much to the owners, and the percentages change, at least a little, every year.—
Evan Drellich,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2026
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Throughout his career, Landreth has played with real world physics and proportions to bring forth a form of psychological realism and truth.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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Best for straight, fine, or wavy textures, this cut is a masterpiece of proportions.—
Loren Savini,
Allure,
14 Feb. 2026
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Among the questionable spending listed in the audit were hefty expenditures on car allowances and office furnishings.—
Stephen Hudak,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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This evolution comes against a backdrop of rising allowances and changing parental priorities.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
7 Feb. 2026
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Legroom allotments have been steadily decreasing over the years in order for airlines to boost profits, despite the complaints of fliers.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2026
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Range Rider Jim Powers rides around cattle in grazing allotments in the Antelope Basin of the Beaverhead National Forest in Montana.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Quotas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quotas. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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