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While Villa Vie said in 2024 that the Odyssey was “85% sold,” several passengers said in social-media postings that it never came close to reaching its maximum occupancy of 650 passengers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
To test whether such a likelihood exists, I calculated each month’s maximum possible rally potential.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026
They won the maximum nine points, scored six goals, conceded just two and almost doubled their possession percentage.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
Water at the surface at Scripps Pier in La Jolla, a neighborhood in San Diego, reached a high point for the year of around 77 degrees, when the average maximum is around 70 degrees.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
The honor of Chicago’s leading men, who prided themselves on their unsentimental—some might say ruthless—pursuit of maximum profit, was in peril.
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
During eccentricity maxima Earth moves closer to the Sun allowing for more sunlight to reach the Earth surface.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 30, 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
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
To this victory was assigned the founding of the Ara maxima by Evander.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
By law, the insurance portion has to meet certain standards, such as annual out-of-pocket maximums and minimum deductibles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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
The maximums typically rise each year with inflation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Holder was run out off the penultimate ball of the innings for 49 off 31 balls with three maximums.
From Barron's ● Feb. 26, 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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