: a low raised ridge across a roadway (as in a parking lot) to limit vehicle speed
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While losing the federal tax credits is not great, Mahvi says that these policy changes are more of a speed bump than a car crash.—Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2025 Married Taylor Krause and Garrett Josemans only hit a couple speed bumps on their way to the altar.—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025 The biggest rival to Tesla saw quarterly profit fall for the first time in three and a half years as its expansion hit a speed bump amid a government campaign against price wars.—CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025 The second Bob Stitt Era at Colorado School of Mines just hit its first speed bump.—Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for speed bump
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