age limit

noun

: an age under or over which something can or cannot be done

The lower age limit for voting is 18.

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The Founding Fathers excluded a maximum age limit from the Constitution, giving those in their golden years the ability to run for the highest office in the land. —

Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2024 Children and parents would not be penalized for breaching the age limit, but social media platforms would be. —

Andi Shae Napier, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 Nov. 2024 The Liberal opposition party proposed a social media age limit in June that was backed by the prime minister, then all the state and territory leaders. —

Hilary Whiteman, CNN, 23 Nov. 2024 The age limit would take effect 12 months after being signed into law, giving Instagram, TikTok, X, Facebook and other social media companies time to figure out how to comply. —

Peter Weber, theweek, 7 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for age limit