limit point
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of limit point
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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Unfortunately, these limits exist in large part because doctors insist on them.
From Salon • May 16, 2024
Historically, time limits exist for civil lawsuits because it becomes hard to hold a fair trial as time goes by.
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2021
Minneapolis-based Alatus wants to build the tower just across the Mississippi River from downtown and within the St. Anthony Falls Historic District, where height limits exist.
From Washington Times • May 8, 2018
But he said that the limits exist for a reason -- because evidence and witnesses disappear over time -- and any extensions should apply to cases brought against all institutions, not just the church.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2015
When shafts are used in the upper stories of buildings, or on a scale which ignores all relation to the human figure, no such relative limits exist either to slenderness or solidity.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John
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