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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
max .
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Examples
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I think I’d have time to read more if I set my mind to it, but I think my brain maxes out after a while, and I stop reading very well.
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The biggest problem I have with Ebert's opinion is that he states what critics should be and it's obvious that most aren't like that at all anymore (regardless of their constrictions as these are reviewers that don't suffer from 500 word maxes, etc.)
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Sunspots increase and decrease in decade long cycles between 'maxes' and 'minimums' and are a normal feature on the explosive surface of the sun.
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The Illinois Court of Claims Act permits an award to the victims of wrongful incarceration that maxes out at around $200,000.00 for persons who have spent at least 14 years in prison for crimes they didn't commit.
Locke Bowman: The Price of Injustice: Wrongfully Convicted Deserve Full Compensation Locke Bowman 2011
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The Illinois Court of Claims Act permits an award to the victims of wrongful incarceration that maxes out at around $200,000.00 for persons who have spent at least 14 years in prison for crimes they didn't commit.
Locke Bowman: The Price of Injustice: Wrongfully Convicted Deserve Full Compensation Locke Bowman 2011
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I would suggested an upper limit of 8% starting at 1% on incomes above $250,000 and going up 1% for every $250,000 until it maxes out and keep it in effect until ALL of the war costs are re-paid to the Treasury.
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The invite only site will then close until every guest maxes out the five additional invites they can send.
Zandile Blay: Unravelling Thre.ad, A New Fashion Social Network Zandile Blay 2011
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Juxtaposed against the speed-up of the time lapse are painfully slow motion scenes that depict moments from my training -- a raw egg dropping into a mouth or a face as it "maxes out."
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The invite only site will then close until every guest maxes out the five additional invites they can send.
Zandile Blay: Unravelling Thre.ad, A New Fashion Social Network Zandile Blay 2011
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Day one: Congress passes an across-the-board income tax increase of 2.5% (the amount of the penalty), that maxes out at $2250 (current maximum penalty iirc).
Matthew Yglesias » Constitutional Objections to Health Reform 2010
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