How to Use over the limit in a Sentence

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  • The first call over the limit would result in a $500 fine.
    Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2023
  • He's already missed 13 games, so just five more puts him over the limit.
    Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Jan. 2024
  • In one instance, a motorist drove 52 mph over the limit.
    Jessica Rodriguez, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2022
  • Often the transaction that puts you over the limit will be declined.
    Mia Taylor, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • More than a quarter of vehicles that passed the test camera were driving at least 15 mph over the limit.
    Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 13 Dec. 2021
  • There are the drivers that are quite rusty and slovenly in being able to adroitly drive, mixed with drivers that are over the limit and should not be at the wheel.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 May 2021
  • In other words, only income over the limit for each tax bracket gets taxed at the higher rates.
    Clint Haynes, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
  • The Pistons now have 16 players on the roster, one over the limit, but are expected to buy out Kemba Walker to get to 15.
    Detroit Free Press, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Crash data in recent years show a quarter of vehicles drive at least 15 mph over the limit.
    Ngan Ho, Baltimore Sun, 24 Mar. 2022
  • In Illinois, a study found the percentage of drivers who sped any amount over the limit in work zones decreased from about 40% to 8% near speed cameras.
    Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Players on the 60-day IL do not count against the 40-man roster, which leaves the Dodgers a couple of players over the limit on the official roster on their website.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Following the speed limit on a freeway even though others are driving 10 or 15 miles over the limit.
    Dallas News, 2 Nov. 2022
  • More roster churn is expected with the Ducks projected to have 88 scholarship players in the fall — three over the limit.
    oregonlive, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Comcast notes that customers who go over the limit will receive a one-time credit waiving overage charges.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 19 Dec. 2021
  • Cowan’s departure would leave Ohio State two scholarships over the limit of 85.
    Nathan Baird, cleveland, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Her earnings as a hospital worker and her husband's as a tribal employee would have put them over the limit.
    Steve Karnowski and Susan Montoya Bryan The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2023
  • The price cap of $100 per barrel for diesel, jet fuel and gasoline is to be enforced by barring insurance and shipping services from handling diesel priced over the limit.
    David McHugh, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Oregon is now projected to have 86 countable scholarship players, one over the limit.
    oregonlive, 23 Jan. 2021
  • Thirteen of the 25 players are eligible for this year's Olympics, where men's soccer is limited to players under 23, with three wild cards per nation over the limit.
    Ronald Blum, USA TODAY, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Speed cameras in highway construction zones in Maryland capture drivers going at least 12 miles over the limit, resulting in $40 fines.
    Megan O'Matz, sun-sentinel.com, 31 Dec. 2020
  • According to department policy, officers with waists over the limit can still pass using other measures based on height and weight or a percentage of body fat.
    Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Norcross, whose wife is a personal care assistant and older son works in retail, applied for energy aid but was told his family's income was $800 over the limit.
    Tami Luhby, CNN, 19 July 2022
  • That standard took effect in 2006, and since then several water systems on the reservation have consistently had arsenic levels over the limit.
    Ian James, AZCentral.com, 14 Dec. 2020
  • The car lacked an in-vehicle speed governor, a simple intervention U.S. automakers could add tomorrow which would stop drivers from going over the limit.
    Curbed, 19 Aug. 2022
  • However, Wrightsil is the only player on this season's roster who is in the final year of eligibility and MU is already projected to be one over the limit of 13 scholarships next season with three incoming freshmen.
    Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 24 Dec. 2022

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