age limit
noun
: an age under or over which something can or cannot be done
The lower age limit for voting is 18.
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There's no longer an age limit for IRA contributions, so anyone with employment or self-employment income can consider making contributions.
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Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
The bill raises the age limit for able-bodied adults without dependents from 54 to 64.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 4 July 2025
Now, the age limit has been raised to 64, and only parents with children under 14 are exempt.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
Although an advisory council at the Florida Senate level led by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles met in Tallahassee in 2007 to study the effects of aging on driving ability, an age limit was never enacted.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
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Bob Carlson, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
The bill raises the age limit for able-bodied adults without dependents from 54 to 64.
—Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 4 July 2025
Now, the age limit has been raised to 64, and only parents with children under 14 are exempt.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
Although an advisory council at the Florida Senate level led by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles met in Tallahassee in 2007 to study the effects of aging on driving ability, an age limit was never enacted.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
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“Age limit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/age%20limit. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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