speed limit
noun
: the maximum or minimum speed permitted by law in a given area under specified circumstances
Examples of speed limit in a Sentence
The speed limit here is 55 mph.
She got a ticket for breaking the speed limit.
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Instead, rent a bike or golf cart and embrace the 25-mile-per-hour island-wide speed limit.
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Staff Author, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025
The committee has also proposed lowering the speed limit from 45 miles per hour to 40 miles per hour on Via de Santa Fe/El Apajo from Calzada del Bosque to San Dieguito Road.
—Rancho Santa Fe Review, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
In 1974: President Richard Nixon signed the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act, which set a new national maximum speed limit to 55 mph on all national highways, in response to the OPEC crisis at the time.
—Lorenzino Estrada, Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2025
President Carter was responsible for finalizing and implementing what President Nixon had started with the 55 mph speed limit.
—Doug Melville, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Staff Author, Southern Living, 8 Jan. 2025
The committee has also proposed lowering the speed limit from 45 miles per hour to 40 miles per hour on Via de Santa Fe/El Apajo from Calzada del Bosque to San Dieguito Road.
—Rancho Santa Fe Review, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2025
In 1974: President Richard Nixon signed the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act, which set a new national maximum speed limit to 55 mph on all national highways, in response to the OPEC crisis at the time.
—Lorenzino Estrada, Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2025
President Carter was responsible for finalizing and implementing what President Nixon had started with the 55 mph speed limit.
—Doug Melville, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Speed limit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/speed%20limit. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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