speed limit
noun
: the maximum or minimum speed permitted by law in a given area under specified circumstances
Examples of speed limit in a Sentence
The speed limit here is 55 mph.
She got a ticket for breaking the speed limit.
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The New Jersey Department of Transportation also reduced the speed limits on all state and interstate highways to 35 mph and implemented commercial vehicle travel restrictions.
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Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
Cruising down a straight and open stretch of road, the car maintained a steady pace of 19 miles (30 kilometers) per hour, a tick under the speed limit.
—Kelvin Chan, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
The speed limit on the Mass Pike has been reduced to 40 mph, and residents across the state are encouraged to stay off the roads.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
State Highway 130 has a stretch with a speed limit of eighty-five miles an hour, the highest in the country; the night the road opened, three cars crashed into feral hogs.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
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Alexandra Simon, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
Cruising down a straight and open stretch of road, the car maintained a steady pace of 19 miles (30 kilometers) per hour, a tick under the speed limit.
—Kelvin Chan, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026
The speed limit on the Mass Pike has been reduced to 40 mph, and residents across the state are encouraged to stay off the roads.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
State Highway 130 has a stretch with a speed limit of eighty-five miles an hour, the highest in the country; the night the road opened, three cars crashed into feral hogs.
—Tad Friend, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for speed limit
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“Speed limit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speed%20limit. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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