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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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.
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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
There is no time limit, but players can make up to four mistakes only before the game ends, representing a loss.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Amazon has not put any time limit on this new Prime perk.
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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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
There is no time limit, but players can make up to four mistakes only before the game ends, representing a loss.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Amazon has not put any time limit on this new Prime perk.
—Bychris Morris, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Time limit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20limit. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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