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Under Malaysian guidelines, API readings above 100 are classified as unhealthy, above 200 as very unhealthy, above 300 as hazardous, while readings beyond 500 constitute the threshold for declaring a local emergency.
From Barron's β Oct. 9, 2026
Net sales, which constitute most of Costco’s top line, grew to $93.87 billion from $84.43 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 24, 2026
Indeed, a White House official told ProPublica that Dans’ consulting work did not constitute a conflict of interest for that very reason.
From Salon β Sep. 16, 2026
A federal judge in Miami denied them bail, saying the dual US-UK citizens' wealth and frequent international travel "constitute quintessential flight risks".
From BBC β Sep. 9, 2026
Keeping wild animals as pets, and taming them, constitute an initial stage in domestication.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
“Failure by a company to publish inside information as soon as possible in the form of an ad hoc disclosure constitutes a breach of the Market Abuse Regulation,” it said in a statement.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 9, 2026
The plaintiffs argue “excessive and unsustainable” pumping by the state Department of Water Resources constitutes a “wasteful and unreasonable use of water.”
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 9, 2026
The investigation concluded that neither of the men did anything that constitutes a breach of the law.
From BBC β Oct. 7, 2026
"The tool may pick up something particular in the writing, something repetitive, but that might be exactly what constitutes a writer's style," he said.
From Barron's β Sep. 25, 2026
“Does it really matter like what? Do I really have to provide you with an example of what constitutes an emergency?”
From "Tangerine" by Edward Bloor
They alleged this spending constituted a misuse of funds.
From Los Angeles Times β Oct. 13, 2026
The International Court of Justice is currently weighing whether the campaign constituted genocide, a charge the military has always denied.
From Barron's β Oct. 7, 2026
Writing for the majority, Justice Scalia reasoned that attaching the GPS device constituted such a tort and therefore fell within the scope of the Fourth Amendment.
From The Wall Street Journal β Oct. 2, 2026
They constituted only 14% of listings in June.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 20, 2026
I sort of halfway listened in on everybody’s ideas of what constituted interesting.
From "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Saenz
The prosecutor general said Kozyura had agreed to share information "constituting state secrets" for financial reward and deserved the harshest punishment.
From BBC β Jun. 26, 2026
It found Kim guilty of manipulating the share price of Deutsch Motors, a South Korean car dealer, which it ruled a "collusive... trading act constituting market manipulation".
From Barron's β Apr. 28, 2026
According to McKinsey & Co., the total quantum industry — computing, communications and sensing — could grow into a $97 billion market by 2035, with quantum computing constituting the lion’s share.
From MarketWatch β Dec. 15, 2025
Public health experts have gone so far as to describe social isolation and loneliness as constituting a public health crisis in the United States.
From Salon β Apr. 14, 2025
A total of 241 signs or letters was neatly divided by etched vertical lines into groups of several signs, possibly constituting words.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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