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quota

[kwoh-tuh] / ˈkwoʊ tə /


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An editorial in the student newspaper proclaimed the cap a “crude” quota.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Berkshire will participate in a quota share with Tokio Marine, absorbing some of the risk in the company’s insurance portfolio.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Then at the end of 2024, Germany announced that it would increase the skilled work visa quota for Indian citizens from 20,000 per year to 90,000.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

The novel also elucidates the strange limbo of the American immigration quota process, which “resembled a bakery system gone awry.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

It was better than sticking one kid with the entire quota, wasn’t it?

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier




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