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Sonnet 5.5's reasoning tiers are divided into low/medium/high/x-high/Max, with token usage increasing only 5% to 8% from low to x-high, but jumping approximately 1500% (15×) from x-high to Max.
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10/2/2026
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Valid until: 12/31/2026
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