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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Now, the age limit has been raised to 64, and only parents with children under 14 are exempt. Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025 Although an advisory council at the Florida Senate level led by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles met in Tallahassee in 2007 to study the effects of aging on driving ability, an age limit was never enacted. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025 Chula Vista’s ordinance goes a step further than the state’s e-bike rules, which have no minimum age limit for Class 1 and 2 bicycles, do not restrict who can have a passenger and are more lenient about sidewalk use. Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025 Colorado is among nine states and the District of Columbia that have no gestational age limit for abortions. Meg Wingerter, Denver Post, 29 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for age limit

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“Age limit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/age%20limit. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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