time limit
noun
: an amount of time in which something must be done or completed
My boss gave me a three-hour time limit to finish the job.
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And no time limit would be set, the official insisted, to fulfil that military objective.
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Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
Hickenlooper said that the public should always demand the right to transparency, but there must be a time limit.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 19 May 2025
The primary reason for the 10-minute time limit is to discourage loitering, Heinzelman said.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
An online application to the show doesn’t have a specific time limit, but the file-size restriction leads to roughly three-minute videos.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2025
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Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
Hickenlooper said that the public should always demand the right to transparency, but there must be a time limit.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 19 May 2025
The primary reason for the 10-minute time limit is to discourage loitering, Heinzelman said.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
An online application to the show doesn’t have a specific time limit, but the file-size restriction leads to roughly three-minute videos.
—Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for time limit
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“Time limit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20limit. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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