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limits

  • plural
    of limit.
    limit
    noun
    the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of vision.
  • present tense form
    of limit (3rd person singular).
    limit
    noun
    the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of vision.

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“Let’s take it to the limits and way past the limits,” Musk said at Thursday’s event in McGregor, Texas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

And the stakes escalate with each season’s finale, forcing Kate to test her limits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Differences in shell structure or muscle anatomy might impose physical limits on how large North American crayfish can become.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Finally, Mr. Marriott focuses too much on the limits of reading on cellphones without taking into consideration how common and how different reading is on larger screens, from tablets and laptops to desktops.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

An old man belonging to Colonel Lloyd, while thus engaged, happened to get beyond the limits of Colonel Lloyd’s, and on the premises of Mr. Beal Bondly.

From "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass