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

That means the upper limit of U.S. oil exports is determined by the physical limitations of the nation’s ports, which have run close to their top capacity in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Although they each face 126 years, only eight would be typically served which is the upper limit for misdemeanours.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Its dimensions place it at the upper limit of what scientists have proposed, and in one instance observed, on the Moon.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

For other types of human groups as well, “a few hundred” seems to be an upper limit for group size compatible with everyone’s knowing everybody.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond