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[mak-suh-muhm] / ˈmæk sə məm /




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The news releases don’t mention if there is a maximum capacity for the events.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

It means the energy price cap, which fixes the maximum amount customers on a standard variable tariff can be charged, will rise from 1 July.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

As for the maximum benefit you could receive based on your own work record, you would be eligible for 100% of your retirement benefit at Full Retirement Age.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Today, the same offences would carry a maximum sentence of 14 years.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

He continually revised his estimates downward, from a maximum of 400 million years, to 100 million years, to 50 million years, and finally, in 1897, to a mere 24 million years.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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