term-limit

verb

To remove (someone) from an elected position by limiting the number of terms they can serve.

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Meanings

verbterm-limit (third-person singular simple present term-limits, present participle term-limiting, simple past and past participle term-limited)

present singular third person term-limits · participle present term-limiting · participle past term-limited · past term-limited · alternative term limit

  1. informaltransitiveTo remove (someone) from an elected position by limiting the number of terms they can serve.

    Should we start being sad that he is being term-limited out of office at the end of the year?

    2010 September, Ray Hartmann, "They Started the Revolution Without Us", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 69
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    Ms. Spanberger, 44, is seen as among the strongest Democratic contenders to succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican who is term-limited.

    2023 November 13, Luke Broadwater, “Spanberger Announces Run for Governor in Virginia, Leaving House Seat in Play”, in The New York Times
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “term-limit,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/term-limit.

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