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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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.
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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
An unexpected hero In playoff hockey, when overtime periods are played at five-on-five and have no time limit, bottom-six forwards get shifts and chances to lift their team to victory.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Muhammad had a heated exchange with the board’s chair, Anthony Rodriguez, over the one-minute time limit Rodriguez imposed on speakers, saying there were too many people signed up to address the commission to allow for the normal two-minute allotment.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
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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
An unexpected hero In playoff hockey, when overtime periods are played at five-on-five and have no time limit, bottom-six forwards get shifts and chances to lift their team to victory.
—Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Muhammad had a heated exchange with the board’s chair, Anthony Rodriguez, over the one-minute time limit Rodriguez imposed on speakers, saying there were too many people signed up to address the commission to allow for the normal two-minute allotment.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Time limit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20limit. Accessed 18 Feb. 2025.
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