legally
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While there may be no immediate consequences for missing this year's target, it signals that the country is on course to miss a legally binding 2030 target of cutting emissions 65 percent by 2030.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Even while acknowledging they can’t legally live where they do — no permits, no addresses, no hookups — he sees them as productive members of his community of just under 2,500.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Owners are legally required to pay taxes on this income, but no one pays if the IRS can’t identify who they are or prove what they owe.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
About half of those applications for help came from people who were already legally in the UK, rather than having arrived on a small boat.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
They do the division—perfectly legally, since there are no zeros—then they take the limit.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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