as in portion
something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group
you need to meet your sales quota, or you'll be put on probation
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Recent Examples of quota
While World Skate looked to add an additional 44 quota places for vert to make its debut as a skateboarding discipline at LA28, ultimately it was not added to the program.
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Michelle Bruton, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
In August 2015, Raymond filed a lawsuit with 11 other police officers, claiming the NYPD’s requirements for officers to meet numerical quotas for arrests and court summonses each month broke state law and went against the the 14th Amendment against racial discrimination.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
Opec decreased oil production quotas to stabilise prices, but members failed to comply, producing above their limits; while non-Opec producers pumped out more to fill the gap.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 23 May 2026
Fuel and operating costs have risen, federal quotas limit how much of a species can be landed and locally caught fish sold in grocery stores competes with sometimes cheaper alternatives from Iceland and Norway.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 23 May 2026
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Michelle Bruton, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
In August 2015, Raymond filed a lawsuit with 11 other police officers, claiming the NYPD’s requirements for officers to meet numerical quotas for arrests and court summonses each month broke state law and went against the the 14th Amendment against racial discrimination.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
Opec decreased oil production quotas to stabilise prices, but members failed to comply, producing above their limits; while non-Opec producers pumped out more to fill the gap.
—The Week Uk, TheWeek, 23 May 2026
Fuel and operating costs have risen, federal quotas limit how much of a species can be landed and locally caught fish sold in grocery stores competes with sometimes cheaper alternatives from Iceland and Norway.
—Joe Hernandez, NPR, 23 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for quota
Noun
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The memorial is made up of a garden with 50 granite steps leading to a massive tablet carved with a portion of his inauguration address from 1961.—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 June 2026
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Blanche said later at the hearing that the DOJ wasn't abandoning the tax portion of the settlement.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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Nilsson’s version shares little with its source beyond Adam and Eve themselves, here recast as doughy, beigy silhouettes striking poses amid an almost psychedelic soup of parti-color fronds, blobs, and amoebas.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Impressions, ad value equivalency and share of voice were artifacts of an analog era.—
Parry Headrick,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Extra deployments, additional monitoring of cameras, more intelligence sharing and even drone deployments are part of an aggressive, proactive approach in an elevated threat environment, officials say.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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Each being part of a species, each species part of a genus and family, all life in relation to other life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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After all, England have lost only three of 12 full Test series since the New Zealander took charge, while, at 55 per cent, the win percentage of captain Ben Stokes is higher than any England captain since Mike Brearley almost half a century ago.—
Paul Newman,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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The necessities that lower-income Americans spend a larger percentage of their incomes on (particularly housing and food) have gotten more expensive compared to the stuff wealthier Americans buy.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
29 May 2026
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Disillusioned voters are distributed across urban, suburban, and rural zip codes in almost exactly the same proportions as the broader electorate.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
2 June 2026
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Plus, on an expressly factual level, any telling of American journalism in the early and mid 20th century that doesn’t include them—and more broadly, the real proportions of women working in the era—is a false telling.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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The position offers a salary range of about $252,000 to nearly $307,000, with monthly auto and technology allowances of $400 and $100, respectively.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2026
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Greenlight did the first-ever block trade on Kalshi, in April, a six-figure bet that an auction of carbon allowances in California would settle above a specific price.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
4 June 2026
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Support women’s and Olympics sports, securing roster allotments.—
Mike Griffith,
AJC.com,
28 May 2026
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Residents have access to a range of outdoor amenities including wildflower meadows, parkland, orchards, wetlands, ponds, community allotments, play areas and a skatepark.—
Paloma Chavez,
PEOPLE,
21 May 2026
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“Quota.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quota. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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