as in maximum
of the greatest or highest degree or quantity
the max number of complaints received on any given day was 15
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Chandelis Duster, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
Since then, Murray has suited up and struggled for Team Canada, signed a four-year max extension with the Nuggets and started the new NBA season in a major shooting slump.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2024
Networking Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2 Battery 80 Wh (65W max charge)
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USB-C (3.2 Gen2, DPI 1.4, PD 3.0), USB-C (DP, PD 3.0), 3.5 mm audio, Micro SD
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11×4.3×0.97 in.
—Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2024
Murray, who signed a four-year max extension before the season, is at 17.3 points per game on 39.9% shooting from the field, including a 30.2% clip from three.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 18 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Northern lights are usually visible in North polar regions, but because the sun's current solar cycle has reached its max and produced major solar storms, the luminous bands of color have been visible this year in parts of the U.S. that normally would not see them.
—Chandelis Duster, NPR, 31 Dec. 2024
Since then, Murray has suited up and struggled for Team Canada, signed a four-year max extension with the Nuggets and started the new NBA season in a major shooting slump.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 29 Dec. 2024
Networking Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2 Battery 80 Wh (65W max charge)
Ports
USB-C (3.2 Gen2, DPI 1.4, PD 3.0), USB-C (DP, PD 3.0), 3.5 mm audio, Micro SD
Size
11×4.3×0.97 in.
—Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2024
Murray, who signed a four-year max extension before the season, is at 17.3 points per game on 39.9% shooting from the field, including a 30.2% clip from three.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 18 Nov. 2024
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Noun
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The scheme was discovered, and Henson was sentenced to the prescribed maximum two years in prison and required to repay $40,000.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Seven substitute appearances over this period have produced a maximum of 18 minutes of game time, while Ferguson has missed the last four outings with a left ankle injury.—
Andy Naylor,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Our ultimate dream is to craft a timeless product with the utmost quality and transparency possible.—
Gabriela Hearst,
TIME,
16 Jan. 2025
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Assuming each person has the best of intentions, his or her job still has to be a challenge of the utmost proportions.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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No one leaves the prison’s political section, where most of the inmates have been hooked on morphine.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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Tremble is the second feature-length release by Israeli-American writer-director Lior Geller, whose 2008 short, Roads, holds the Guinness World Record for most awards won by a short student film.—
Seth Abramovitch,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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“Max.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/max. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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