within limits
idiom
: without going beyond what is considered reasonable or allowable
They told us that we could do whatever we liked, within (certain) limits.
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Haight advocates for stress as necessary and useful (in age-appropriate ways, and within limits) for all of us.
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Chris Westfall, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
Sure, economists have models, and those models give us insight into what is likely to happen — within limits.
—Wesley Davenport, National Review, 13 Aug. 2024
The land use processes are intended to regulate, within limits, the ability of owners to develop their properties.
—Christian Browne, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2024
Fire in living landscapes had evolved with checks and balances that could, within limits, be stretched.
—Stephen Pyne, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
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Chris Westfall, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
Sure, economists have models, and those models give us insight into what is likely to happen — within limits.
—Wesley Davenport, National Review, 13 Aug. 2024
The land use processes are intended to regulate, within limits, the ability of owners to develop their properties.
—Christian Browne, New York Daily News, 5 Apr. 2024
Fire in living landscapes had evolved with checks and balances that could, within limits, be stretched.
—Stephen Pyne, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024
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“Within limits.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20limits. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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