to the limit
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: to the greatest possible point : as much as possible
Our resources have been stretched to the limit.
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School districts are now dealing with the fallout of a winter that has already pushed calendars to the limit.
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Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Brooklyn pushed the Boston Celtics to the limit Friday night at Barclays Center, but a pair of overtime breakdowns spoiled a gritty effort in a 130-126 double-overtime loss.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
In a record-breaking display of automotive endurance, a massive fleet of 67 electric vehicles was recently pushed to the limit in Inner Mongolia for the world’s largest-scale winter field test.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2025
Those same extremes push your body to the limit in ways that clear the mind and pull what’s most important to the surface.
—Von Diaz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
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Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
Brooklyn pushed the Boston Celtics to the limit Friday night at Barclays Center, but a pair of overtime breakdowns spoiled a gritty effort in a 130-126 double-overtime loss.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
In a record-breaking display of automotive endurance, a massive fleet of 67 electric vehicles was recently pushed to the limit in Inner Mongolia for the world’s largest-scale winter field test.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 27 Dec. 2025
Those same extremes push your body to the limit in ways that clear the mind and pull what’s most important to the surface.
—Von Diaz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for to the limit
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“To the limit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20the%20limit. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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