quota
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The commissioners recommend a quota of between 140 million and 154 million square feet for the first year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026
On behalf of the intervenors, Shayla Myers argued that the encampment removal goal, approved by the City Council in a closed session, became a defacto quota system for sanitation workers to discard homeless people’s belongings.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
By February, its production capacity reached about 4.85 million barrels a day, while its latest quota stood at just 3.45 million b/d.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
Back in 2021, it notably demanded an increase to its production quota — and got it.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
His shift had failed to meet the day’s production quota and was required to do bitter humiliation work.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
Vocabulary lists containing quota
Vocabulary from The Articles of Confederation
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Human Geography - Middle School
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Human Geography - High School
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