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I told him that the money he saved was what he and his wife worked for, and I saw no issue with him giving his children the maximum the Internal Revenue Service allows.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
Fishermen in the San Francisco region will be allowed to catch a maximum of 160 Chinook per vessel during several open periods in May and August, and 100 on additional dates in September.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026
The mission's moment of maximum jeopardy had passed, and soon the spacecraft's red-and-white parachutes opened and sent the capsule sailing majestically through the sky.
From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026
“Safe transit capacity is expected to remain constrained to a maximum of 10–15 passages a day if the ceasefire holds,” the ship-tracking service added.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
In Japan, a law set the maximum exposure allowed for a nuclear power plant worker under normal conditions at 50 mSv a year, or 100 mSv over five years.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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Academic Vocabulary: Core Tier 2 Words, List 2
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Academic Vocabulary Toolkit 1, Words 61-70
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