term-limit

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

  1. (transitive, informal) To remove (someone) from an elected position by limiting the number of terms they can serve.
    • 2010 September, Ray Hartmann, "They Started the Revolution Without Us", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 69:
      Should we start being sad that he is being term-limited out of office at the end of the year?
    • 2023 November 13, Luke Broadwater, “Spanberger Announces Run for Governor in Virginia, Leaving House Seat in Play”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Ms. Spanberger, 44, is seen as among the strongest Democratic contenders to succeed Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican who is term-limited.

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