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The phrase "approached a maximum" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where a quantity, value, or measurement is nearing its highest point or limit.
Example: "The temperature during the heatwave approached a maximum of 40 degrees Celsius."
Alternatives: "neared a peak" or "reached a high point".
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Growth consistently approached a maximum rate, which suggests a diffusion-limited process.
In the 1990s, marine biologists such as Patrick J. Schembri and Staphon Papson opined that C. megalodon may have approached a maximum of around 24-25 m in total length, however Gottfried and colleagues proposed that C. megalodon could likely approach a maximum of only 20.3 m in total length.
This indicated a "shortening" of the E. coli cells as the bacteria growth approached a maximum (Fig. 3F).
When expression of β2AR D113S-V was increased (with constant expression of β2AR-Rluc8) the net BRET signal approached a maximum [27].
This efficiency could be increased by lowering the enzyme-to-carrier ratio and approached a maximum of 50% at enzyme loadings below 2 mg/g.
For HI antibody responses against the A/Solomon Islands H1N1 and A/Wisconsin H3N2 strains, all AS03 formulations had the highest desirability, but for the B/Malaysia strain, an increase in desirability was observed when the AS03 dose approached a maximum level.
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C. megalodon may have approached a maxima of 20.3 m in total length and 103 MT in mass.
Nitrate fluxes increased with nitrate concentration but appeared to approach a maximum flux at very high concentrations.
The effect produced by a drug varies with the concentration that is present at its site of action and usually approaches a maximum value beyond which a further increase in concentration is no more effective.
In contrast, the total production of meat, milk, and beer has gone down to 4, 6 and 7%, respectively from 2014 to 2016.8 This suggests that total food consumption in China has reached or is approaching a maximum.
Hardnesses of multilayer films increase with decreasing h, approach a maximum at h of a few nanometers, and show softening thereafter at smaller h.
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