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Under Malaysian guidelines, API readings above 100 are classified as unhealthy, above 200 as very unhealthy, above 300 as hazardous, while readings beyond 500 constitute the threshold for declaring a local emergency.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
“The unauthorized use of our restaurant premises, signage, logos, or any other proprietary elements in your content may constitute a violation of our intellectual property rights.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026
Whether the mine detonations constitute an armistice violation is less clear cut, said Shin Jong-woo, who served in South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff more than a decade ago when another land-mine incident occurred.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Yormark believes a positive experience for fans and players would constitute success, plus an exciting game.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The new cells resulting from these divisions have the same ability to escape control, and in time enough such cells have accumulated to constitute a cancer.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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“Failure by a company to publish inside information as soon as possible in the form of an ad hoc disclosure constitutes a breach of the Market Abuse Regulation,” it said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The investigation concluded that neither of the men did anything that constitutes a breach of the law.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The proposition also could incur additional costs for state and local governments depending on the attorney general’s interpretation of what constitutes program expenses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"The tool may pick up something particular in the writing, something repetitive, but that might be exactly what constitutes a writer's style," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 25, 2026
It constitutes a kind of psychological illusion to which innumerate people are particularly prone.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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"His actions constituted significant corruption and adversely affected US interests in Fiji."
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
The chair umpire then conducted a video review of what happened, and ruled that the flickering ad constituted a “hindrance” outside of the control of the players, like some paper getting blown onto the court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Writing for the majority, Justice Scalia reasoned that attaching the GPS device constituted such a tort and therefore fell within the scope of the Fourth Amendment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
The 57-nation Organisation of Islamic Cooperation said attacks on Mecca and Medina province, where Islam's second holiest shrine is located, constituted an "unacceptable and intolerable transgression".
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
And yet persons here and there declined to migrate; that, even to those involved, constituted a perplexing irrationality.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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Prosecutors contend that the Paramount deal would reach and, in some cases, exceed established thresholds, constituting violations of the century-old Clayton Antitrust Act that was adopted to protect markets and consumers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
The prosecutor general said Kozyura had agreed to share information "constituting state secrets" for financial reward and deserved the harshest punishment.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
It found Kim guilty of manipulating the share price of Deutsch Motors, a South Korean car dealer, which it ruled a "collusive... trading act constituting market manipulation".
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
According to McKinsey & Co., the total quantum industry — computing, communications and sensing — could grow into a $97 billion market by 2035, with quantum computing constituting the lion’s share.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 15, 2025
The enthusiasm Olmsted had identified during his travels, though still far from constituting a tidal wave, at last seemed to begin propelling visitors to Jackson Park.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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