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The flat rate means every freight providers pays the same per meter of space they take up on ships for the goods they bring in.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Shlahet told Salon: "Whether or not the New York law is a fair one, or is drafted in a fair way, is something that they're going to have to take up on appeal."
From Salon ● May 30, 2024
The lower house or Sejm voted 240-191, with three abstentions, on Thursday to approve the bill, which the Senate will take up on Jan. 24.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 18, 2024
Also on the docket are two "dog sniff" cases from Florida that test the boundary of Fourth Amendment protection against illegal searches, and which the court will take up on October 31.
From Reuters ● Sep. 28, 2012
But Cantor’s hierarchy of infinities would tell a different tale: it would show just how little space the rational numbers take up on the number line.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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