max out
verb
maxed out; maxing out; maxes out
: to reach an upper limit or a peak
the car maxed out at 85 mph
: to push to a limit or an extreme
also
: to use up all available credit on
maxed out the credit cards
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The fee will escalate by $5 two more times through April 2028, when the extra charge per rotation maxes out at $33 per net ton, or $250 a container.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
The lucky subject here is Nvidia, which transformed overnight from a graphics card manufacturer mostly obsessed over by gamers who wanted to max out their graphics settings, to a chipmaker at the center of the artificial intelligence boom.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
Build your resilence, train your mental toughness, and do hard things to max out your comfort zone.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The taxis can drive through rain and at night, and max out at 45 mph (72 km/h).
—New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
The lucky subject here is Nvidia, which transformed overnight from a graphics card manufacturer mostly obsessed over by gamers who wanted to max out their graphics settings, to a chipmaker at the center of the artificial intelligence boom.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 19 Sep. 2025
Build your resilence, train your mental toughness, and do hard things to max out your comfort zone.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
The taxis can drive through rain and at night, and max out at 45 mph (72 km/h).
—New Atlas, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Max out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/max%20out. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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