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- verb transitive, informal To
remove (someone) from anelected position by limiting the number of terms he can serve.
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Examples
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He added that he was all for the term-limit proposal made by Raul, despite the fact that he himself ruled the island for more than 47 years.
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* After leaving office because of term-limit rules, Sanders was succeeded in 1967 by segregationist Lester Maddox.
Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011
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But aAny term-limit decision won 't apply to people now in office, including him.
U.N. Climate-Change Panel Chairman to Stay Jeffrey Ball 2010
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* After leaving office because of term-limit rules, Sanders was succeeded in 1967 by segregationist Lester Maddox.
Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011
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The senior Republican on the panel is Rep. Joe Barton of Texas, who also is seeking a waiver of the GOP term-limit rule.
Jockeying for House Posts Janet Hook 2010
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During a long-ago constitutional convention, there were advocates of life tenure and term-limit advocates.
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Voters want to see performance more than politics this time around or they will "term-limit" the Republicans in the 2012 election just as they [did] to many Democrats [in 2010].
Other Comments 2011
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* After leaving office because of term-limit rules, Sanders was succeeded in 1967 by segregationist Lester Maddox.
Burial for a King Rebecca Burns 2011
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Voters want to see performance more than politics this time around or they will "term-limit" the Republicans in the 2012 election just as they [did] to many Democrats [in 2010].
Other Comments 2011
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Current term-limit rules ban Republicans from serving more than three terms as a committee's chairman or, while in the minority, its senior member.
Jockeying for House Posts Janet Hook 2010
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