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term limit

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noun

  1. Often term limits. a statutory limit on the number of terms an official may serve.

    the Twenty-second Amendment, which imposed term limits on U.S. presidents.


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Cohen’s comments come after the Vermont-based brand said on Monday that it plans to set a nine-year term limit for board directors.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 16, 2025

These included stronger congressional oversight, a 10-year term limit for FBI directors and investigative guidelines issued by the attorney general.

From Salon Oct. 4, 2025

He wants to see ministers use the legislation to make other changes including a 20 year term limit for new peers and a restriction on the size of the house.

From BBC Apr. 19, 2025

He ran for reelection Sunday in defiance of a constitutional term limit.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 5, 2024

Thoughts of a third term were quickly dismissed—even though there was no term limit for the presidency at the time, as there is today.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

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