legal limit

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The legal limit for drivers in Colorado is .08%.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

If the government wanted the agency to take on commitments beyond that legal limit, Congress would need to pass new legislation to raise the cap.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

A necklace sold on Shein had 8,500 times the legal limit of cadmium, a toxic metal, they found.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

Some gels, containing more than 500 times the legal limit of bleaching agent for over-the-counter products, are sold blatantly on social media.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025

But there was a legal limit to how much time one could be kept in solitary.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey