quota system
Example Sentences
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India also has a large number of “tribals,” who are outside the caste system but part of the quota system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
On behalf of the intervenors, Shayla Myers argued that the encampment removal goal, approved by the City Council in a closed session, became a defacto quota system for sanitation workers to discard homeless people’s belongings.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026
At least 25 percent of parliamentary seats must go to women, according to the quota system that also reserves nine seats for minorities.
From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2025
What we could get later is a lowering of this 25% tariff, or a quota system.
From BBC ● May 8, 2025
The quota system has worked for over two hundred years, and although it fluctuates region to region, it makes it crystal clear what each scythe’s responsibility to the world is.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
