max
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You can recite the climbing gospel by heart: Save more, max the match, don’t touch it, buy and hold.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
The $14,000 microcar can max out at 25 miles an hour.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
"Then all allies, including the US, will max out what they can do to make sure we can fight the war," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
That’s not easy, since capybaras max out around 155 pounds; sometimes he anesthetizes them for the trip back to the river.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Once I find one, I put the volume on max and hit play.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
The overtime deduction maxes out at $12,500 for individuals and $30,000 for married couples.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
Due to mainstream media coverage, he argued, “an idea can become potent through its rapid depiction in culture—including in articles such as this one, which maxes maxxing even as it attempts to minimize it, somewhat.”
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026
Though Florida’s Brightline train between Orlando and Miami isn’t a bullet train—it maxes out at Amtrak-like 125 mph—it’s been giving “higher speed” rail a bad rep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
While premiums have gone up in recent years, and coverage maxes out at $250,000, the program still constitutes a security blanket on Florida’s Gulf Coast, where coverage rates are high.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024
Overcrowding in the Department had led to the start of double-bunking in maxes a few months before.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
