upper limit

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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts warned about this scenario when Sasaki’s fastball had only reached an upper limit of 99.5 mph.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

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

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

From BBC • Feb. 26, 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