upper limit

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But the 2-year yield’s move above the Fed’s 3.7% upper limit of its target funding range is particularly noteworthy, as the below chart shows.

From MarketWatch • May 14, 2026

MLB determined that the upper limit of the new strike zone would be 53.5% of the batter’s height.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Figure skating is a judged sport, but does not have an upper limit to the scoring.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Zebrafish, for instance, can detect sounds up to 15,000 Hz, approaching the 20,000 Hz upper limit in humans.

From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2025

At least theoretically, there is no upper limit for an earthquake–nor, come to that, a lower limit.

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