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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Further, in order to start the statute of limitations (the time limit during which the IRS can challenge the return), appraisals must be included with the return.
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Ashley Case, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
O’Hare has also removed people for speaking for eight seconds longer than the three-minute time limit and for approaching him to ask a question after a meeting was adjourned.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Feb. 2025
YouTube and TikTok star MrBeast is looking to buy TikTok as part of a group of investors, as a 75-day time limit ticks down for the social media company to find a non-Chinese owner or risk being permanently banned.
—Maria Sole Campinoti and Clare Duffy, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
Time-Related: Consider giving yourself a time limit or an end date to complete your goal.
—Health, 17 Jan. 2025
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Ashley Case, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
O’Hare has also removed people for speaking for eight seconds longer than the three-minute time limit and for approaching him to ask a question after a meeting was adjourned.
—Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Feb. 2025
YouTube and TikTok star MrBeast is looking to buy TikTok as part of a group of investors, as a 75-day time limit ticks down for the social media company to find a non-Chinese owner or risk being permanently banned.
—Maria Sole Campinoti and Clare Duffy, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025
Time-Related: Consider giving yourself a time limit or an end date to complete your goal.
—Health, 17 Jan. 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 3 Mar. 2025.
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