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European football governing body UEFA’s allowable loss limit is less than the Premier League’s, so lowering wages has already happened at continental level, and its squad-cost rule is directly targeted at what teams spend on players.
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Since 2010, in four of the five cases in which the agency settled with psychiatric hospitals for EMTALA violations, the amounts were well below the maximum allowable.
—Eli Cahan, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2025
The letter from city planning staff confirmed that a Target would be an allowable use.
—Rose Evans
september 22, Idaho Statesman, 22 Sep. 2025
The state law, passed in 2006 and updated in 2011, links the allowable levy increase to increases in property values due to new construction.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Since 2010, in four of the five cases in which the agency settled with psychiatric hospitals for EMTALA violations, the amounts were well below the maximum allowable.
—Eli Cahan, ProPublica, 23 Sep. 2025
The letter from city planning staff confirmed that a Target would be an allowable use.
—Rose Evans
september 22, Idaho Statesman, 22 Sep. 2025
The state law, passed in 2006 and updated in 2011, links the allowable levy increase to increases in property values due to new construction.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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“Allowable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allowable. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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