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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Poetry for Neanderthals for $25: Every card has a word, and your seemingly simple task is to get your team to correctly guess it within the time limit by speaking in single syllables only.
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Simon Hill, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
There's snakes, there's things biting at me, there's no time limit.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
If a fake time limit is being used, that’s often frowned upon by insiders who would shame those developers undertaking such an unseemly route.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Typically, there is no set time limit for anesthesia during surgery or a procedure.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
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Simon Hill, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2024
There's snakes, there's things biting at me, there's no time limit.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2024
If a fake time limit is being used, that’s often frowned upon by insiders who would shame those developers undertaking such an unseemly route.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Typically, there is no set time limit for anesthesia during surgery or a procedure.
—Mustafa Fattah, NBC News, 6 Dec. 2024
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 23 Dec. 2024.
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