quota
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The exit freed Abu Dhabi, an emirate within U.A.E., from the cartel’s quota restrictions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
A candidate could win comfortably in a local constituency and still fail to enter parliament if their party had already filled its quota with stronger performances elsewhere.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 2, 2026
“In those circumstances, another quota increase doesn’t necessarily add physical supply.”
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
A small amount of foreign dairy is able to enter Canada tariff-free or at low tariff rates under set quota limits.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Winston, however, in rewriting the forecast, marked the figure down to fifty-seven millions, so as to allow for the usual claim that the quota had been overfilled.
From "1984" by George Orwell
The ability for Persian Gulf producers to “translate higher quotas into actual exports still depends on shipping conditions through the Strait of Hormuz,” said Salih Yilmaz, a senior industry analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026
Farmers hold production quotas that limit how much dairy they can produce.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
But it sets no quotas and doesn’t forbid the recruitment of “white and Asian men already trained in the field.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
No other country has imposed such wide-ranging quotas for as long as India has.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
As a result, the United States rigidly enforced its refugee quotas.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Vocabulary from The Articles of Confederation
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