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Some senior staff believe this will improve the situation in the short-term but worry pressure will continue on prison management to push their capacity numbers to the maximum or even beyond.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
As metallicity falls, the maximum speed of stellar winds also tends to decrease.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026
About 3% of its law-enforcement customers keep data for longer than 30 days, the company said, and the maximum allowable period is one year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Current law says that the guiding principle for the management of the forests is maximum sustained production of high-quality wood products,” he told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
In fact, he said, the Olympic was at that moment speeding north at maximum velocity to come to her aid, with instructions to receive and care for injured passengers.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
In a 2021 study, researchers including Owens showed that geomagnetic storms tend to occur more often during periods of higher activity, centered around peaks known as solar maxima.
From Science Magazine ● May 13, 2024
This popular methodology, which relies on machine learning, can be used to determine the maxima of a function of an unknown shape.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 5, 2024
In momentum space, free electrons are found in the local minima and maxima of the energy landscape, namely at points where the conduction and valence bands meet.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 17, 2024
Silverman recently finished her second week of guest hosting “The Daily Show” and reaped a shiny mea culpa maxima profile in the Los Angeles Times.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2023
The values of the molecular conductivities of all neutral salts are, at great dilution, of the same order of magnitude, while those of acids at their maxima are about three times as large.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 8 "Conduction, Electric" by Various
Buttler won it in the following over, clubbing 18 from four Malinga deliveries, with two maximums hammered over the leg side.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Employees and teams can earn between $10,000 and $25,000 for major contributions to the enterprise—five times previous award maximums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
For a beneficiary of a high-deductible health plan, the minimum deductible in 2026 is $1,700 for an individual or $3,400 for a family, with out-of-pocket maximums capped at $8,500 and $17,000, respectively.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Premium growth slowed compared to prior years, but out-of-pocket maximums continued to climb.
From Barron's ● May 27, 2026
The weather report was routine—even boring—with details about air pressure, wind speeds, and temperature maximums and minimums.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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