upper limit

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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

The Coral Gables, Fla.-based firm closed its Finback Investment Partners 2024 Fund at its upper limit with nearly $500 million, exceeding the firm’s $350 million target.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 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

Its dimensions place it at the upper limit of what scientists have proposed, and in one instance observed, on the Moon.

From Science Daily • Feb. 12, 2026

At least theoretically, there is no upper limit for an earthquake–nor, come to that, a lower limit.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson