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"not to exceed" is correct and is commonly used in written English.
It is used to indicate that something should not go beyond a certain size, amount, or value. For example: The cost of the project should not exceed $1,000.
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Our budget was not to exceed $50.
Joseph LaRosa, 55, not to exceed 5 years.
Philip Rossillo, 43, not to exceed 14 years.
Usual dose is 0.5mg/kg, not to exceed 40mg.
Personal statement of research interests not to exceed 750 words.
E.U. rules call for deficits not to exceed 3percentt of G.D.P. and debt not to exceed 60percentt.
The law had declared that bathroom offenders "shall be punished by fine not to exceed $500 or incarceration not to exceed six months".
L. 100 627 inserted provision authorizing appropriations not to exceed $13,500,000 for fiscal year 1989 and not to exceed $14,500,000 for fiscal year 1990.
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