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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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Example sentences from the Web for term limit

So I think that if we could get term limits on Congress, we could get more fresh faces, more fresh ideas.
When Madison Cawthorn Felt ‘Invisible’|Eugene Robinson|February 9, 2021|Ozy
The Council will have to again waive its term limits to make that happen.
Politics Report: Recall Push Not Dismissed|Scott Lewis and Andrew Keatts|December 19, 2020|Voice of San Diego
Thiry previously donated to ballot measure committees in California, to prevent changes to term limits and to create a system for redistricting led jointly by Democrats, Republicans and citizens unaffiliated with a political party.
This health care magnate wants to fix democracy, starting in Colorado|lbelanger225|December 13, 2020|Fortune
Others are aggressively pushing to install term limits on the top spot for committees, similar to the six-year limit Republicans impose on their chairmen.
Sen. Durbin willing to give up subcommittee post as peace offering amid Democrats’ post-election infighting|Paul Kane, Seung Min Kim|December 3, 2020|Washington Post

In 2002, voters in Los Angeles County agreed to restrict all county term limits to three four-year terms.
New County Board and Sheriff Could Be Headed for a Standoff|Maya Srikrishnan|November 11, 2020|Voice of San Diego
But on Thursday Boxer triggered a Golden State political earthquake, announcing that she would not seek a fifth term in 2016.
The Golden State Preps for the ‘Red Wedding’ of Senate Races|David Freedlander|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Term limits could be a prescription to speed change along.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Wrapees was the term marines used for the Japanese because they had wrapping round their legs.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This was later repurposed in Europe as an explanation for racial superiority, and the term “Aryan” came to define a white race.
The Himalayas’ Hidden Aryans|Nina Strochlic|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He won re-election twice as governor of New York, and had the hubris to run for a fourth term before being defeated in 1994.
Mario Cuomo, a Frustrating Hero to Democrats, Is Dead at 82|Eleanor Clift|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The controlling center of consciousness is the extreme limit of the nares anteri.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
All changes are to be Rang either by walking them (as the term is) or else Whole-pulls, or Half-pulls.
Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing|Richard Duckworth and Fabian Stedman
These practical demonstrations occurred usually in the opening enthusiasm of the term.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
I shall show how it is possible thus to prolong life to the term set by God.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume II of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor

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